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Moroccan Chicken

5 servings

90 minutes

Recipe by Adrian Quetglas from AQ Kitchen

Moroccan Chicken
Energy value per serving
Calories
916.5kcal
Proteins
39.9grams
Fats
69.4grams
Carbohydrates
33.5grams
Cooking steps
  • 1

    For the chutney, sauté finely chopped onion, ginger, and concasse in a pan until translucent. Then add diced apples, orange juice, and vinegar; cook for 15 minutes. Next, add diced pear and cook for another 5 minutes. Once ready, add all the spices together and simmer until jam-like consistency for about 15 minutes over medium heat. Let cool.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Onion: 15 g
    2. Ginger: 10 g
    3. Tomato concasse: 15 g
    4. Apple: 40 g
    5. Orange juice: 50 ml
    6. White wine vinegar: 40 ml
    7. Cilantro: 50 g
    8. Nutmeg: 5 g
    9. Cinnamon: 5 g
    10. Cayenne pepper:  pinch
  • 2

    For the pesto, blend cilantro, parsley, mustard, cumin, caraway, coriander, lemon juice, and 200 g of vegetable oil until smooth.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Cilantro: 50 g
    2. Parsley: 25 g
    3. Cumin: 20 g
    4. Caraway: 20 g
    5. Ground coriander: 20 g
    6. Lemon juice: 10 ml
    7. Vegetable oil: 225 ml
  • 3

    Grease the couscous cooking dish with vegetable oil, add couscous, pour in boiling broth, cover with a lid and wait for 10 minutes. When the couscous swells, mix it with a small amount of broth (about a tablespoon), add spices and finely chopped raw cauliflower florets, and mix again.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Vegetable oil: 225 ml
    2. Couscous: 150 g
    3. Chicken broth: 300 ml
    4. Cauliflower: 150 g
    5. Salt:  to taste
    6. Ground black pepper:  to taste
  • 4

    Carefully rub the fillet with chutney on the inside, place a small amount of chutney inside, roll it up, and tie it with string. Send it to the oven at 180 degrees, bake for 15 minutes. Then brush with demi-glace sauce and leave in the oven for another 3 minutes.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Boneless chicken thigh fillet: 1 kg
    2. Demi-glace sauce: 35 g
    3. Orange juice: 50 ml
  • 5

    Place pesto on the plate, then couscous, followed by chicken, and garnish with remaining chutney and finely chopped cilantro.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Cilantro: 50 g