Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a tasty dish, chicken couscous & greens. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
It's off to Northern Africa for the inspiration behind this fabulously simple dish which uses the worlds smallest pasta (couscous) and a whole chicken. For this Chicken Couscous recipe chicken breasts become chicken thighs (or your own choice of protein) rice becomes couscous One-pan chicken couscous. Tip in the apricots, chickpeas and couscous, then pour over the stock and stir once.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken couscous & greens using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Couscous & Greens:
- Make ready 200 g skinless chicken thighs
- Take 50 g whole wheat couscous(preferably Israeli pearl couscous)
- Take 40 g onion(chopped)
- Take 2 garlic cloves(minced)
- Take 100 g baby spinach or green chard
- Make ready 200 ml chicken broth(low sodium)
- Prepare 1 tsp ground cumin
- Take 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- Take 1/2 tbsp thyme
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp smoked paprika
- Take 1 tbsp olive oil
- Take Salt & pepper
This One Pan Moroccan Chicken and Couscous is one of my favorite one pan dinners to date! It has a delicious blend of flavors and textures, it's a healthy dinner. Couscous has to be one of the most underrated ingredients in the kitchen. Made from semolina wheat, couscous is nutty, sweet, and versatile — it also happens to be incredibly quick-cooking.
Steps to make Chicken Couscous & Greens:
- Season the chicken thighs with the ground cumin, cinnamon, thyme, pepper and salt.
- Set a non-stick skillet on high heat. Once hot, add ½ tbsp of olive oil and then add the chicken thighs. Sear them on each side for 3 minutes, then set aside. Don't worry if they have not finished cooking.
- Reduce the heat to medium, the add the rest of the olive oil, onion and garlic. Caramelize and brown the onion for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the couscous to the skillet, and mix it around, ensuring the couscous is covered in oil. If desired sprinkle in the smoked paprika now.
- Toast for 1-2 minutes then add the baby spinach(or chopped chard). Cook until the spinach begins to wilt and soften, about 1 minute.
- Pour in the chicken stock and bring to a simmer. Add the chicken thighs back to the skillet and reduce the heat to low-medium. Cover and cook for 12-15 minutes, or until the couscous is plump and most of the liquid has been absorbed. (Note: it should not be soupy, rather saucy.)
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