Moroccan couscous casserole

AUTHOR
Andrew Gay
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4.1 10
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 250 g Carrots
  • 500 g Tomatoes
  • 1 collar (approx. 170 g) Spring onions
  • 3 Chicken fillets (approx. 150 g each)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 550 ml Vegetable broth (instant)
  • 250 g Couscous (pre-cooked durum wheat semolina)
  • 1 TABLESPOON Butter
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 1 TEASPOON ground cumin
  • 1 TEASPOON ground cilantro
  • 1/2 TEASPOON Chilli powder
  • 100 g Sheep's cheese
  • 1/2 bunch Mint
  • 150 g Cream yoghurt (10% fat)
  • 1 pinch Sugar

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel, wash and finely dice the carrots. Wash tomatoes and cut into slices. Clean, wash and chop spring onions. Wash chicken meat, dab dry and season with salt and pepper. Bring 350 ml stock to the boil, add carrots and cook for about 2 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat, stir in couscous.

  2. 2

    Stir in butter and cinnamon stick and let it swell covered for about 10 minutes. Meanwhile heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan, fry the chicken in it all around for about 10 minutes. Take out. Mix cumin, coriander and chilli and sauté in the cooking fat for about 2 minutes. Add tomatoes and spring onions and sauté. Loosen the couscous with a fork and stir in 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Put the tomatoes, spring onions and couscous into an ovenproof dish. Pour 200 ml vegetable stock over it. Cut the chicken meat into slices. If necessary, drain and dice the feta cheese and put it into the baking dish with the meat. Bake in the preheated oven (electric range: 225 °C/ convection oven: 200 °C/ gas: level 4) for 10-15 minutes. Pluck the mint leaves from the stalks, wash, pat dry and chop finely.

  3. 3

    Put the tomatoes, spring onions and couscous into an ovenproof dish. Pour 200 ml vegetable stock over it. Cut the chicken meat into slices. If necessary, drain and dice the feta cheese and put it into the baking dish with the meat. Bake in the preheated oven (electric range: 225 °C/ convection oven: 200 °C/ gas: level 4) for 10-15 minutes. Pluck the mint leaves from the stalks, wash, pat dry and chop finely. Mix yoghurt with mint and 1 pinch each of sugar and salt. Take the casserole out of the oven and serve with the mint yoghurt

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
560 kcal
CARBS
46 g
FATS
25 g
PROTEINS
36 g

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