Chicken with couscous and saffron

Name: Chicken with couscous and saffron
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6 portions
Ingredients: 250 g couscous; 1 piece fresh ginger; 2 garlic cloves; 1500 g chicken; 20 g olive oil; 100 g raisins; 1 ½ tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 2 tsp salt; 2 pinches freshly ground black pepper; 700 g water; 1 - 2 pinches saffron; 600 g red onions; 240 g dried chickpeas

4.2 36 rating

Prep. 15min

Total 1 h 15min

6 portions

Ingredients

couscous
250 g
fresh ginger (2 cm)
1 piece
garlic cloves
2
chicken pieces (thighs, drumsticks and breast cut into quarters), skinless and boneless
1500 g
olive oil
20 g
raisins
100 g
100 g dried apricots, cut into pieces
ground cumin
1 ½ tsp
ground cinnamon
½ tsp
ground turmeric (optional)
½ tsp
salt
2 tsp
freshly ground black pepper
2 pinches
water
700 g
saffron
1 - 2 pinches
red onions cut into slices (5 mm)
600 g
dried chickpeas soaked in 800 g water the day before, rinsed and drained
240 g