There are many recipes and many variations of the famous Moroccan dish, cous cous.
Some people love to eat meat with it,some like it with poultry and others just
prefare it vagetarian with a vegetable stew. Possibilities are endless with this dish.
Whenever I want to cook a healthy meal that combines meat or chicken with vegetables, I
think of cous cous!
I always use my mother's recipe to cook cous cous, it is a no fail recipe for an
easy going dish that is extremely delicious and nutricious at the same time.
Cous cous with chicken and vegetables
1 medium onion
80 gr cooked chickpeas (from a can)
2 branches of celery
2 big carrots
2 medium zucchini or squash
1 half of a small cabbage
1 Tb spoon olive oil
2 small potatoes
2 cups chicken broth
4 pieces of chicken (of choice)
1 tb spoon turmeric
salt and pepper
For the cous cous:
2 cups fast cooking cous cous
1 Tb spoon chicken stock (in powder or a dice like knor)
1 Tb spoon olive oil
1 and a half cups boiling water.
For the chicken (optional)
2 Tb spoon lemon juice
1 Tb spoon salt
1 Tb spoon sugar
1 Tb spoon vinegar
4 slices of lemon
Wash chiken and put it in a bowl filled with water, 2 Tb spoon lemon juice , 1 Tb
spoon salt, 1 Tb spoon sugar and 1 Tb spoon vinegar.Add the chicken and the 4 slices
of lemon then leave it in for 10 minutes.This will remove the stinky smell of the
chicken and will add a wonderful flavour to it.Boil chicken on medium flame.
In the meanwhile,wash vegetables and cut onions, potatoes and zucchini into big
dices.Cut cabbage into peices then cut carrots and celery into circles.
Take two cups of the chicken broth and pour them into a medium pot, then add the
cut vegetables , add chicken pieces and cook on a medium flame for half an hour.
Add one teaspoon of turmeric , salt and pepper then continue to cook until carrots,
chicken and potatoes are done.Towards the end of cooking, add the chickpeas and let
them boil in for additional 5 min. Turn off the fire and cover pot.
Cous cous
In a medium bowl,put two cups of cous cous , add one Tablespoon chicken stock ,1
Tablespoon olive oil and one and a half cups boiling water.
Mix well and cover for 5 min . After 5 min, uncover bowl and start separating cous
cous lumps using a fork.
Put cous cous in a plate, add cous cous stew with vegetables and chicken to your
pleasure.
Makes 4 portions.
Enjoy!
