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This easy one-pot wonder uses succulent chicken thighs, flavoured with Moroccan spices, warming harissa paste and dates for a spicy-sweet taste. Remove and put in a large baking dish with the dry couscous. Serve sprinkled with the remaining zest and.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have moroccan spiced chicken with sumac and date couscous using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Moroccan spiced Chicken with Sumac and Date Couscous:
- Take 4 chicken breasts, thickly sliced across the grain of the meat
- Make ready 1 tsp ground Cinnamon
- Take 2 tsp ground Cumin
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Chilli flakes, or equivalent
- Get 2 tbsp Garlic oil or 2 Garlic cloves crushed and 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- Get 1 tsp Sumac (optional)
- Get 1 tsp Harissa (optional)
- Get 1 tbsp Honey, warmed until runny
- Get 1 tbsp Lemon juice
- Prepare 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- Make ready 1/2 pt hot stock
- Make ready Half a pack of green Beans, cut into pieces
- Take Vegetable oil
- Make ready 4 handfuls couscous
- Make ready Rind and juice of 1 lemon
- Take 1 handful chopped dates (optional) Raisins or Sultanas also work well
- Take 1 tsp Sumac (optional)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Chilli flakes or similar equivalent
- Take 1 tsp Dried parsley
- Make ready 1 tbsp Olive oil
- Get Salt, Pepper
- Prepare Fresh Parsley, chopped
- Get Toasted Almond flakes (optional, we don’t use these due to a nut allergy in the family)
A nicely flavored couscous from The New Vegetarian Epicure. Posted for ZWT III, North Africa and the Middle East. Traditional North African ingredients, such as dates and almonds, bring sweetness and texture to the golden-colored sauce. Heat oil in large deep skillet or Dutch oven on medium heat.
Steps to make Moroccan spiced Chicken with Sumac and Date Couscous:
- Mix the cumin, cinnamon, sumac, harissa, garlic oil or garlic and oil, lemon juice, honey and chilli flakes together in a bowl. Place chicken into the spice mix and coat each piece thoroughly. Put aside to marinate.
- Put the lemon rind, juice, olive oil, cumin, sumac, dates or dried fruit, chilli flakes and dried parsley into a pudding bowl. Add couscous and mix together. Pour boiling water over the couscous until it is about half a centimetre above the level of the couscous. Stir with a fork and set aside in a warm place to swell.
- Heat a large frying pan and add some vegetable oil to lightly coat the surface. Add the pieces of marinated chicken and cook without moving the pieces for a few minutes until well browned, almost charred. Turn over and repeat the process. Cook in batches to avoid overcrowding which will cause the chicken to boil and become tough and pallid. It’s also very important NOT to move meat around when cooking otherwise it won’t brown properly.
- Once the chicken is all cooked, return it all to the pan and add the hot stock and stir to de-glaze the pan, followed by the tomatoes. Stir and bring to a simmer.
- Lightly boil the beans in salted water in a separate pan until all dente.
- Add the beans to the chicken and stir. Cook for 20 minutes on a low / medium heat to reduce the sauce. Check flavour and season.
- Zap the couscous in the microwave for 1 minute if it’s got too cool.
- Serve the chicken and couscous along with a sprinkling of chopped Parsley. A few toasted Almond flakes makes a good addition if you have them. We always have some extra green veg with ours for added nutrients.
Serve with cooked rice or couscous, if desired. This is a moroccan themed lunch made using cous cous and chicken. This is not only easy to make. Mix couscous with all ingredients in a bowl. Heat butter in a pan, add garlic and stir fry for a min Serve the chicken and vegetables over the couscous, topped with the cilantro.
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