Fruity couscous & spiced quail

Name: Fruity couscous & spiced quail
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 150 milliliters fresh orange juice; 5 dried apricots, roughly chopped; 100 grams couscous; 1 small red onion, thinly sliced into rings; 2 Tbsps red wine vinegar; 1 large handful each flat-leaf parsley and mint, chopped, plus 3 extra mint leaves to serve; 30 grams pine nuts, toasted; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 Tbsp honey; 2 quails (ask your butcher to spatchcock them)

If you have about 25 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Fruity couscous & spiced quail might be a spectacular dairy free and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains roughly 10g of protein, 25g of fat, and a total of 555 calories. For $2.39 per serving, you get a side dish that serves 2. If you have quails, apricots, honey, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Moroccan-Spiced Pork Chops and Fruity Couscous, Lemon chicken with fruity olive couscous, and Fruity spiced swirls are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

In a small saucepan, heat the orange juice and apricots until it boils.

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Orange Juice

Apricot

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat and take out 2 tbsp of juice for the dressing.

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Juice

Pour couscous into a bowl and pour the juice and apricot mix over, cover and let sit for 5 mins. In a bowl, mix the sliced onions in 1 tbsp of the vinegar and set aside. Fluff up the couscous with a fork until the lumps are broken up.

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Couscous

Apricot

Vinegar

Onion

Juice

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Add the herbs and pine nuts.

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Pine Nuts

Herbs

Heat a barbecue or grill until very hot. Rub the quail with some oil. Season well, sprinkle over the cinnamon and drizzle with a little of the honey. Barbecue or grill the quail for 3-4 mins each side until crisp at the edges.

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Cinnamon