Oven Baked Moroccan-Style Chicken With Creamy Couscous
This cinch of a chicken recipe will fill your home with the aromas and tastes of Morocco. To serve, you'll top a creamy bed of herby giant cous cous with juicy roast chicken thighs and tomato wedges marinated in fragrant ras el hanout.
Ingredients for 2 people
Cooking for 3? 1 and a half for each ingredient Cooking for 4? Double each ingredient
You'll also need
Olive oil, Pepper, Salt, Sugar, Water (or dietary alternatives)
Cooking instructions
Instructions for 2 [for 3] [for 4] portion recipe.
Before you begin...
This recipe takes around 5-10 min to prep, so get your casserole dish and all your ingredients ready, then wash your fruit and veg
Note: Make sure your dish is oven-proof and safe to use on the hob. Don't have one? Start cooking in a large, wide-based pan then transfer to an oven-proof dish and cover tightly with foil
Now let's get started!
Preheat the oven to 220°C/ 200°C (fan)/ gas 7, then take your chicken out of the fridge, open the packet and let it air
Boil a kettle
Chop your tomato[es] into wedges, then peel and cut your red onion[s] into wedges
Add your chicken thighs to a tin foil-lined baking tray (or two!) with the tomato wedges, onion wedges and half your natural yoghurt (you'll use the rest later!)
Add your ras el hanout, half your ground turmeric (save the rest for later!), 1 tsp [1 1/2 tsp] [2 tsp] sugar, 2 tbsp [3 tbsp] [4 tbsp] olive oil and a generous pinch of salt
Give everything a good mix up
Put the tray[s] in the oven for 22-25 min or until the chicken is cooked through (no pink meat!) and the veg is tender – this is your oven baked Moroccan-style chicken and roasted veg
Wash your spinach, then pat it dry with kitchen paper
Meanwhile, peel and grate (don't chop!) your garlic
Heat a large, wide-based, hob-safe oven-proof casserole dish with a matching lid over a high heat
Once hot, add your giant couscous, chicken stock mix, the remaining ground turmeric, spinach, grated garlic, a pinch of salt and 400ml [600ml] [800ml] boiled water
Give everything a good mix up
Bring to the boil over a high heat, cover with a lid, then put the dish in the oven for 15-18 min or until the couscous is tender
Use this time to clear up, set the table, have a cup of tea or simply chill!
Strip your mint leaves from their stems, discard the stems
Once the couscous is tender, stir through the remaining natural yoghurt and tear over the mint leaves
Crumble over half your feta (save the rest for garnish!), season with a very generous grind of black pepper and give it a good mix up – this is your creamy giant couscous
To serve, top the creamy giant couscous with the oven baked Moroccan-Style chicken and roasted veg
Drizzle over any remaining roasting juices from the tray[s] and crumble over the remaining feta
Dig in!
Nutritional information
Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.
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The cooking process and additional ingredients added at home (listed under “You'll also need”) will affect total values.
Allergens
Allergens highlighted by † (gluten, milk, soya).
In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.
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