2020-03-01 The Australian Womens Weekly Food

CHICKENWITHSAFFRON
YOGHURTSAUCE

PREPANDCOOKTIME1 HOUR
15 MINUTESSERVES 4

1 tablespoonextravirginoliveoil
1 teaspoonMoroccanseasoning
½ teaspoongroundcinnamon
½ teaspoongroundwhitepepper
½ teaspoonseasaltflakes
4 x 300gchickenMarylands
2 cups(500ml)chickenstock
8 (160g)freshdates,pitted,halved
12 small(35g)greenolives
Herbedcouscous,to serve(seeright)

SAFFRONYOGHURTSAUCE
1 generouspinchsaffronthreads
1 tablespoonboilingwater
1 cup(280g)Greekyoghurt
1 clovegarlic,crushed
1 tablespoonlemonjuice

1 Preheattheovento200°C/180°Cfan.
2 Combinetheoil,Moroccanseasoning,
cinnamon,pepperandsaltina bowland
stirtocombine.
3 Putthechickenpiecesintoa deep
bakingdishthatislargeenoughtohold
theminonelayer.Rubtheoilmixture
overthechicken.Pourthestockintothe
baseofthedishandaddthedatesand
olives.Bakeintheovenfor1 houror
untilthechickeniscookedthrough.
4 Makethesaffronyoghurtsauce.
5 Servethechickenpiecesona bed
ofherbedcouscouswiththeSaffron
YoghurtSauceanda selection of salad
accompaniments.

SAFFRONYOGHURTSAUCE
Placethesaffronina mediumheatproof
bowlandaddtheboilingwater.Stand
for5 minutes,thenaddtheremaining
ingredients. Stir to combine.

HERBEDCOUSCOUS

SERVES8 PREPAND COOKING TIME

15 MINUTES

2 cups(400g)instantcouscous

20gbutter,chopped

2 cups(500ml)boilingwater

zestfrom1 lemon

2 tablespoonlemonjuice

2 tablespoonsextravirginoliveoil

¼ cup(20g)naturalslicedorflaked

almonds,toasted

¼cupfreshflat-leafparsley

1 Addcouscoustoa mediumheatproof

bowl,addbutter.Pouroverboilingwater

andcoverwithplasticwrap.Standfor

5 minutesoruntilallthewaterhas

beenabsorbed.

2 Fluffcouscouswitha forktoseparate

thegrains.

3 Stirinzest,juiceandoil.Toserve,

transfertoa servingdishandsprinkle

with almonds and parsley.

Test

Kitchen

Notes

Afterseparatingthe

grainsofcouscouswith

a fork,coverwithplastic

wrapandmicrowave

on50%POWERfor

4 minutes,stirringtwice

duringcooking.By

essentiallysteaming

thecouscous,it gives

a softer, fluffier texture.

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