Aromatic Mince and Apricots with Minty Bulgur
10m
prep time
40m
total time
Easy
level
13
ingredients
Use lean beef for this spicy dish – it's a good source of vitamin B12, iron and zinc, as well as protein. You can also cook the mince and freeze it for a busy day.
Method
Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.
Step 1
Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the onion, stirring occasionally, until starting to turn golden. Add the beef mince and break up with a wooden spoon, then continue cooking until browned. Stir in the cumin seeds, harissa and tomato purée, then add the bouillon powder, chickpeas plus the liquid from the jar or can, dried apricots and 200ml water if cooking for 4. Stir well, then cover the pan and cook over a low heat for 20 mins.
Step 2
Meanwhile, bring a 1 litre pan of water to the boil then add the bulgur. Cover and cook over a medium heat for 15 mins, until tender. Drain if there's any water left in the pan.
Step 3
Meanwhile, cook the tender stem broccoli in a pan of boiling salted water or in a steamer. Once cooked, drain and keep warm.
Step 4
Stir the mint through the drained and cooked bulgur and serve with the spicy mince scattered with the toasted almonds and the tender stem on the side.
- Ingredients
- Based on 4 servings
-
570g Chickpeas, not drained 1 x Bold Bean Co Queen Chickpeas 570g -
40g Dried Apricots, halved 1 x Sainsbury's Dried Apricots 40g -
300g Bulgur Wheat 1 x Sainsbury's Cracked Bulgur Wheat 500g -
2 tsp Cumin Seeds 1 x Sainsbury's Cumin Seed 38g -
15g Fresh Mint Leaves, chopped 1 x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Mint 30g -
2 tsp Vegetable Bouillon Powder, or one stock cube/pot 1 x Marigold Swiss Vegetable Bouillon 150g -
2 tbsp Tomato Purée 1 x Sainsbury's Tomato Puree, Double Concentrate 200g -
400g Tender Stem Broccoli, or any greens of your choosing 2 x Sainsbury's Tenderstem Broccoli 200g -
2 tbsp Olive Oil 1 x Sainsbury's Olive Oil 500ml -
2 Onion, halved and thinly sliced 2 x Sainsbury's Onions Loose -
500g Lean Beef Mince, 5% fat 1 x Sainsbury's British or Irish 5% Fat Beef Mince 500g -
3 heaped tbsp Harissa Paste 1 x Al'Fez Middle Eastern Harissa Paste 180g -
2 tbsp Toasted Almond Flakes 1 x Sainsbury's Flaked Almonds, SO Organic 100g
Products and prices from