Middle Eastern Chicken Pot and Butter-Nut Couscous

Name: Middle Eastern Chicken Pot and Butter-Nut Couscous
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter; 237 milliliters shredded carrots; 946 milliliters chicken stock, divided; 1 teaspoon coriander; 355 milliliters couscous; 177 milliliters chopped dried fruits - pick 1 or combine: figs, pitted dates, apricots, sultanas; 1 Handful flat-leaf parsley, chopped; 1 fresh bay leaf; 3 cloves garlic, grated or chopped; 1 pinch Pinch ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 lemon, zested and juiced; 59 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball it; 177 milliliters pitted mixed olives, chopped; 1 onion, thinly sliced; 3 Tbsps pine nuts; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 680 grams boneless skinless chicken thighs, chopped into bite-sized pieces; 59 milliliters slivered or sliced almonds; 1 teaspoon smoked paprika

Middle Eastern Chicken Pot and Butter-Nut Couscous requires around 40 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains approximately 51g of protein, 42g of fat, and a total of 867 calories. This recipe covers 38% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of chicken thighs, pine nuts, bay leaf, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the pine nuts you could follow this main course with the Pear Cake with Pine Nuts as a dessert. It is a pretty expensive recipe for fans of middl eastern food.

Instructions

Heat the extra-virgin olive oil in a deep skillet over medium-high heat. When the oil ripples add the chicken and brown 3 to 4 minutes on each side.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

Equipment you will use

Frying Pan

Add the onions, garlic, carrots, bay leaf and season with spices, salt and pepper, cook 5 to 6 minutes. Stir the fruits into the chicken and vegetables, add the zest of the lemon, olives and 2 1/2 cups of stock. Reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes more.

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Salt And Pepper