Chicken Tagine with Pine-nut Couscous

Name: Chicken Tagine with Pine-nut Couscous
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 6 bone-in chicken thighs (with skin); 2 cardamom pods, lightly crushed; 355 milliliters couscous; 15 dried apricots, halved; 5 fresh flat-leaf parsley sprigs plus 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley leaves; 1 Tbsp minced fresh ginger; 4 larges garlic cloves, minced; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon zest; 946 milliliters reduced-sodium chicken broth; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 473 milliliters medium onion, thinly sliced (about; 59 milliliters lightly toasted pine nuts; 15 pitted prunes, halved; 2 smalls dried red chiles, such as arbol; 1 teaspoon salt

Chicken Tagine with Pine-nut Couscous is a dairy free main course. This recipe makes 6 servings with 728 calories, 35g of protein, and 34g of fat each. This recipe covers 28% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of ground turmeric, ground cinnamon, olive oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the lemon zest you could follow this main course with the Orange Marmalade Cookies with Orange Zest Icing as a dessert.

Instructions

Heat oil in a 6- to 8-qt. heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat.

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Add half the chicken, skin side down, and cook until golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Turn over and cook 3 minutes more.

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Whole Chicken

Transfer to a plate; repeat with remaining chicken and set aside.

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Whole Chicken

Drain all but 2 tbsp. oil from pot and reduce heat to medium.

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Add onion and saut until golden, 5 to 7 minutes.

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Add garlic and ginger and cook, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes.

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Add cinnamon, turmeric, coriander, black pepper, cardamom pods, chiles, and salt and stir to combine. Return chicken to pot and add apricots, prunes, 2 cups chicken broth, and parsley sprigs. Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer 40 minutes. Take pot off heat and remove parsley sprigs and chiles.

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Remove skin from chicken.

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In a covered medium saucepan, bring remaining 2 cups chicken broth to a boil. Turn off heat, stir in couscous, cover, and let sit 5 minutes. Uncover pan and fluff couscous with a fork. Stir in 2 tbsp. minced parsley, pine nuts, and lemon zest and toss to combine. Mound couscous on a platter. Top with chicken thighs and pour sauce over the chicken.

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