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In many ways, this dish really defines what “My Daddy Cooks” is all about. It’s fresh, simple, quick, fun to prepare, totally fool-proof and absolutely delicious. Archie was at his playful best too in this lovely video. A real return to form after the technical glitches when filming last week’s soup!
There are more “complicated” ways to cook this easy chicken and apricot casserole but I like the easy “throw-it-all-in” nature of this recipe. Believe me, the taste does not suffer for it!
Preparation time was barely 10 minutes, totally cooking time 50 minutes.
The following quantities are for 4 people.
8 boned chicken drumsticks and/or thighs. I actually removed the bones myself, which is much easier than it sounds. The main thing is to use a very sharp knife. If you don’t want to do this. your butcher will do it for you, or your can often buy these cuts without their bone in the supermarket too.
250g dried “ready to eat” apricots, cut in half lengthways.
One large white onion, chopped.
1tsp each of turmeric, cinammon and ground ginger.
600ml good quality chicken stock.
A bunch of fresh coriander.
A sprinkling of chopped almonds (entirely optional).
Some flour for dipping.
250g couscous
First! Super cute
Thanks Sam
Cannot wait to try this myself! Such a fantastic video! And your son is completely adorable – what a great helper! Will watch the blog for more ideas. Thanks for your inspiration!
Aw thanks for your very kind comments, I really appreciate them!
Oh my god this is genius. I can never come up with things to eat with couscous, excellent post
Archie on top form – I could do with his help when we're cooking – he makes less mess than my OH
This looks delicious,and easy to cook. I'm going to try it after I've shopped tomorrow. Can I borrow your little helper too?
Another great video Nick.
A pleasure to watch as always, and I'll definitely try the recipe.
Archie clearly embraced the 'throw-it-all-in' philosophy quite literally – I thought you were in danger of loosing a bowl at one point!
What a lovely video! My two older boys (7 &5) were watching with me, and want to make this one day
– I love how simple it looks to prepare too, which is what you need when cooking for a family!
Hi Nick,
Your program reminds me so much of "Sooty and Sweep" … the English TV show I used to watch when I was little.
Love your show!
I think this is possibly the best comment (and highest compliment!) I have ever seen posted on my blog!! Thanks Alison!!
You're welcome Nick,
You are both adorable. It was the first thing that came to my mind while watching you. The interaction and dialog is quite similar to "Sooty and Sweep"… it's very engaging and funny.
Archie is just a delight to watch Nick, and you would make an excelent teacher.
ALMONDS! APRICOTS! HEALTHY & DELICIOUS! AND CHARMING LITTLE ARCHIE! I AM OFF TO GATHER MY INGREDIENTS. WE EAT A LOT OF CHICKEN AT MY HOUSE AND I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GREAT NEW RECIPES. COUSCOUS IS AN ADDED BONUS.
Mmm… I love thighs (not in a pervy way obviously) so will give this a try. My little helper (Daniel, 3) is more of a cake kind of guy so meat might be a nice change!
I should know better than to watch when I am on the verge of being hungry. Now I'm STARVING and all I want is your chicken casserole. Another great idea, to be added to my "I've no idea what to cook this week" stash. Thanks x
Cooked it today and it was delicious. I embraced the spirit of experimentation by modifying it a bit, to suit my available ingredients. We used chunks of chicken breast, powdered coriander instead of the fresh leaves and rice instead of couscous (stirred in before dishing up). We had spare sauce so I've added the spare chicken stock and will try stirring noodles into that tomorrow.
I cooked this last night and it was a big hit, even with my husband who "doesn't like apricot chicken". He said it was fantastic! Easy as pie too! Thanks Nic!
This was delicious and we ate it all in one sitting! Thanks xx
Great video! Looked Archie's flouring the chicken technique!
Lovely recipe, looks delicious and Archie made me laugh out loud several times. Especially when he 'threw' the chicken in the bowl, and threw the bowl of apricots back on the side when you said you weren't quite ready for them.
At what age do you think Archie understood not to put his 'raw-chickeny' hands in his mouth? I've got a 19 month old and would worry that his fingers would go straight in his mouth…
It’s a really good question actually. As you see, I am always talking to him and I guess I have just from day one imposed on him to be careful with licking his hands while cooking. For example, immediately after touching chicken, we always wash hands (not shown in this video as it’s a bit boring!). That said, there have been more than one occasion where the fingers have gone straight in the mouth! I just use these instances to reinforce to him that it is not a good idea – not in a stressful or punitive way, just in an educational way. I always use very fresh meat so I think we would be extremely unlucky if he got a nasty bug. But as with all things related to the kitchen, you cannot control 100% of things 100% of the time…
We made this today – I will admit I waited til Becca (2) was asleep before trying the recipe, but then Ellie (4) enjoyed helping, especially cutting up the apricots (and maybe nibbling a few…
She ate more than half before saying she didn't like it, so I'm guessing it was ok really! Daddy enjoyed his when he got home too – thank you for the recipe!
My pleasure – and so sorry i am so late in replying. I somehow missed a load of comments!!
Tried this last night. The toddler poked it a bit before saying she'd rather have a yoghurt (at the moment even bothering to stick a fork in it is a big compliment!) and the baby (6 months old) had a fabulous time squishing, eating and wearing it. Will definitely be making this one again.
I cooked this yesterday and it tasted fantastic. Thank you so much for posting such lovely, easy to cook receipes.
Hi Joesphine, Thanks for your kind comments, I am glad it was such a success!
I love this recipe, I make it about once a week now, so easy and quick and my 18 month old always eats a huge serving. Thank you.
OMG! This is AMAZING!!! Soooo tasty and everyone including my very fussy 3 year old ate it. Thank-you. Defintely a weekly supper from now on xx
We made this yesterday and really enjoyed it!
I have to say my little boy who is 5 is a big fan, i get him to check what we need to do on your video and he comes in and tells me on every step and helps to make it.
He is a big fan of Archie and wants to say 'hello' from Matthew to Archie!
keep up the great work!
Suzanne
Totally delicious, they scrummed it up (Aged 2,4 and 6)
Great, that is lovely to hear!!! Thanks for taking the time to comment…
thanks for a great site only found today already done lemon and blueberry drizzle cake
will be doing easy chicken and apricot casserole the weekend
Thanks Karen, I hope you enjoy cooking other stuff from here too…!
tried this the other night and it was a huge hit with my husband and I and most importantly Tilly our 1 yr old… who after tasting pretty much threw it in her mouth… was delish! great ideas and lovely concept. Trying the sausage and bean casserole tonight, smells amazing.
I found this fantastic site yesterday, made this tonight and had the absolute pleasure of watching my 8 month old daughter eat meat for the first time (normally it gets picked up, waved in the air and then chucked on the floor!) Thank you so much for this excellent resource-i will be making very good use of it and am off to amazon to order your book too.