Moroccan-Style Mackerel Vegetable Couscous Recipe

20g protein · 20 min · 473 kcal

Moroccan-Style Mackerel Vegetable Couscous Recipe

Flavourful couscous with roast veg, topped with mackerel fillets in a Moroccan-style sauce made with apricot purée, served with roasted vine tomatoes.

20 min4 servings473 kcal

Ingredients

  • 300 g vine ripened tomatoes
  • 1 red onion (diced)
  • 1 yellow pepper (deseeded and diced)
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 pinch salt and black pepper
  • 150 g couscous
  • 1 vegetable stock (bouillon) cube (reduced salt variety)
  • 500 g Princes Mackerel Fillets in a Moroccan Style Sauce with Apricot Purée ((4 cans))

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 240C/460F (220C fan). Place the tomatoes to one side of an oven tray and the chopped red onion and yellow pepper to the other side of the tray.

  2. 2

    Drizzle all over with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

  3. 3

    Pop in the oven for 10 minutes.

  4. 4

    Meanwhile, put the couscous in a large heatproof bowl with the stock cube.

  5. 5

    Cover with 200ml of boiling water, stir well, cover and leave to stand for 5 minutes.

  6. 6

    Tip the cans of Princes Mackerel Fillets in a Moroccan Style Sauce with Apricot Purée onto a microwaveable plate and break into large pieces with a fork. Microwave for 30 seconds on High.

  7. 7

    Once everything is ready, fluff up the couscous, tip all of the quick roasted veg except the tomatoes into the bowl.

  8. 8

    Serve the couscous onto four plates.

  9. 9

    Top with the Princes Mackerel Fillets in a Moroccan Style Sauce with Apricot Purée.

  10. 10

    Serve the grilled tomatoes on the side.

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