Golden Lemon-Olive Chicken with Pine Nut Couscous

Name: Golden Lemon-Olive Chicken with Pine Nut Couscous
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 bay leaves; 5 Tbsps butter; 680 grams poached chicken, diced or shredded; 946 milliliters homemade or store-bought chicken stock; 355 milliliters couscous; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 4 large cloves garlic, crushed; 237 milliliters good quality pitted large green olives; 1 pinch ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground cumin, half a palmful; 4 Meyer lemons or organic lemons, 2 sliced, 1 zested and juiced, plus 1 juiced; 59 milliliters finely chopped mint leaves; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 3 mediums onions peeled, each cut into 6 wedges, root end intact; 59 milliliters finely chopped parsley leaves; 59 milliliters pine nuts; 1 pinch generous pinch saffron threads, 12 to 15 threads; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons turmeric, half a palmful

The recipe Golden Lemon-Olive Chicken with Pine Nut Couscous can be made in about 1 hour and 10 minutes. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 865 calories, 33g of protein, and 48g of fat. A mixture of ground cinnamon, olives, poached chicken, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious.

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Heat 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan, in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

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Dutch Oven

Frying Pan

Add the onions, bay leaves and garlic and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir for 3 to 4 minutes, then cover the pan and sweat the onions for3 to 4 minutes more. Uncover the pot and stir in the olives.

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Salt And Pepper

Bay Leaves

Garlic

Olives

Onion

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Frying Pan

Pot

Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon butter in a medium-high sided skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Slice 2 lemons and gently brown the slices, in 2 batches. As they brown, add them to the pan with the onions.

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Butter

Lemon

Onion

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Frying Pan

Add 3 more tablespoons butter to the pan and let it melt, then add saffron threads and the zest of l lemon to the melted butter and stir for 1 minute.

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Saffron

Butter

Lemon

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Frying Pan

Whisk in the flour, cook for a minute more, then whisk in 2 1/2 cups of the chicken stock. Season the sauce with turmeric, cumin and cinnamon and let thicken for a couple of minutes. Stir in the juice of remaining 2 lemons and reduce the heat to low.

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Chicken Stock

Cinnamon

Turmeric

Lemon

Cumin

All Purpose Flour

Juice

Sauce

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Whisk

Add the chicken and sauce to the onions and gently stir to combine. Cool and store for a make-ahead meal or, cover the pan to warm the chicken through and combine flavors.

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Whole Chicken

Onion

Sauce

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Frying Pan

When ready to serve, prepare couscous.

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Couscous

Put the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter in a medium pot or pan with tight-fitting lid and let it melt over medium heat.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Pot

Add the pine nuts and gently toast them to light golden brown. Stir in the remaining 1 1/2 cups of chicken stock and bring it to a boil. Stir in the couscous, turn off heat, cover the pan and let stand for 5 minutes. Fluff the couscous with a fork and add the mint and parsley. Spoon the couscous into a serving bowl.

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Chicken Stock

Pine Nuts