MOROCCAN CHICKEN WITH COUSCOUS

Moroccan Chicken With Couscous image

This is a recipe I modified slightly from a book called '1000 classic recipes. I made it for the first time last night and it is gorgeous.

Provided by Aileen2

Categories Chicken

Time 40m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 22

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon sunflower oil
4 chicken breasts (I used skinless breasts to reduce fat content)
2 onions, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
2 tablespoons orange juice
2 teaspoons clear honey
1 pinch salt
of fresh mint (to garnish)
350 g couscous
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons caster sugar
1 tablespoon sunflower oil
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 pinch of grated nutmeg
1 tablespoon orange blossom water (I used orange juice)
2 tablespoons sultanas
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
1/4 cup of chopped dried apricot

Steps:

Fry chicken portions skin side down in butter and oil until golden.
Turn.
Add onions, garlic, spices, salt, orange juice and 300ml of water.
Cover and bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
Mix couscous with salt and 350ml of water.
Leave to soak for 5 minutes.
Add rest of ingredients for couscous.
Line a steamer with greaseproof paper and spoon the cous cous inches.
Place over chicken and steam for 10 minutes.
Remove steamer, stir honey into chicken liquid and boil rapidly for 3-4 minutes. (At this point I stirred in 1 tsp of cornflour mixed with a little water to thicken the sauce).
Serve chicken on top of couscous and pour over a little of the sauce.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 772.6, Fat 26.2, SaturatedFat 6.9, Cholesterol 100.4, Sodium 744.5, Carbohydrate 89.9, Fiber 6.6, Sugar 15.5, Protein 43.1

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