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Middle Eastern Chicken With Apricot

Here's how you make Middle Eastern Chicken With Apricot
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 50m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1.5 kilograms chicken thighs (6 cutlets, trimmed skin on and bone in)
  • 1 tablespoons harissa spice blend
  • 1 onion, chopped (large onion)
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken stock
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • Salt, to taste
  • Pepper, to taste
  • 187 grams dry couscous (dry 1 1/2 cups)
  • 1/3 cup dried apricots (thinly sliced)
  • 1/3 cup slivered almonds (toasted)
  • 1/4 cup chopped parsley (fresh)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Rub both sides of cutlets with seasoning.

  • Step 2: Heat an oiled, medium flameproof roasting pan over a medium to high heat and add chicken, skin-side down and cook for about 3 minutes, or until golden brown and turn.

  • Step 3: Add onion and garlic to pan and pour over combined stock and juice and season with salt and pepper and cover with foil.

  • Step 4: Cook in a moderate oven (180C) for about 40 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and then remove pan from oven and transfer chicken to a plate.

  • Step 5: Add couscous to cooking juices in pan and stir to combine and top with chicken, skin-side up and cover pan with foil and ;et stand for about 5 to 8 minutes, or until pan juices are absorbed by couscous and then stir in apricots and almonds.

  • Step 6: Serve sprinkled with parsley.


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