Golden Lemon Olive Chicken with Pine Nut Couscous

Golden Lemon-Olive Chicken with Pine Nut Couscous

Golden Lemon-Olive Chicken with Pine Nut Couscous


1 hour 10 minutes

Details
  • Servings:   4
  • Calories:   1152
  • Protein:   57g
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  • Fiber:   10g
  • Sugar:   10g
  • Carb Total:   75g
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  • Trans Fat:   1g
  • Saturated:   21g
  • Fat Total:   67g
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  • Diet:   High-Fiber
  • Meal:   lunch, dinner
  • Dish:   main course
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Cuisine
  • mediterranean
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 medium onions peeled, each cut into 6 wedges, root end intact
  • 4 bay leaves
  • 4 large cloves garlic, crushed
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 cup good quality pitted large green olives
  • 5 tablespoons butter
  • 4 Meyer lemons or organic lemons, 2 sliced, 1 zested and juiced, plus 1 juiced
  • 1 generous pinch saffron threads, 12 to 15 threads
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 quart homemade or store-bought chicken stock
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons turmeric, half a palmful
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin, half a palmful
  • 1 pinch ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 to 2 pounds poached chicken, diced or shredded
  • 1/4 cup pine nuts
  • 1 1/2 cups couscous
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped mint leaves
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley leaves
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