Moroccan Chicken With Couscous

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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
• 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

Recipe

• 1 fry chicken portions skin side down in butter and oil until golden.
• 2 turn.
• 3 add onions, garlic, spices, salt, orange juice and 300ml of water.
• 4 cover and bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
• 5 mix couscous with salt and 350ml of water.
• 6 leave to soak for 5 minutes.
• 7 add rest of ingredients for couscous.
• 8 line a steamer with greaseproof paper and spoon the cous cous inches.
• 9 place over chicken and steam for 10 minutes.
• 10 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).
• 11 serve chicken on top of couscous and pour over a little of the sauce.