Moroccan Chicken With Couscous

"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."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
22
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • 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.

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Reviews

  1. I made this for DD (toddler) and I with rice because we are wheat free and no sauce as I was in a rush. I threw everything in the pot together and it was sill rated 5. I did not even garnish with the fresh mint. I used all a canola olive oil mix as we are dairy free and replaced the nutmeg with allspice because of its intoxicant nature. I would like to try this again properly.
     
  2. Excellent. We both liked it a lot. When we crushed the mint onto our chicken, it soared from a 4 to a 5. Thank you so much for posting it. Made for Spring 2007 PAC.
     
  3. This is superb. I have made a similar dish for years and received rave reviews, but your has a much greater blend of flavors. Thank you.
     
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  1. I made this for DD (toddler) and I with rice because we are wheat free and no sauce as I was in a rush. I threw everything in the pot together and it was sill rated 5. I did not even garnish with the fresh mint. I used all a canola olive oil mix as we are dairy free and replaced the nutmeg with allspice because of its intoxicant nature. I would like to try this again properly.
     

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I live in Louth and am self-employed. I have an online maternity and baby shop as well as a physical shop located in Louth. I have two children, Jack aged 3 and Charis aged 1.
 
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