Quick and Easy
Apricot and Olive Chicken
Almond-Green Onion Couscous
Ingredients
- 6 bone-in chicken leg quarters
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup dried apricots (or use other dried fruit)
- 1 cup pitted green olives, halved
- 1½ cups unsalted chicken broth
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Use paper towels to grip and remove chicken skin from leg quarters. Sprinkle chicken with salt, pepper, cumin, and turmeric.
- Brown chicken, in batches, in hot oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat 3 minutes per side.
- Add apricots, olives, and broth to chicken in Dutch oven; transfer to oven.
- Bake 20 minutes or until chicken is done.
Side Dish Ingredients
- ½ cup sliced almonds
- 1½ cups whole wheat Israeli (pearl) couscous
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 2 green onions, chopped
- 1 lemon
Side Dish Instructions
- Toast nuts in a dry skillet over medium heat until fragrant.
- Prepare couscous according to package directions, adding ¼ tsp each salt and pepper; stir in nuts and onions.
- Grate zest from lemon to equal 1 tsp and squeeze juice to equal 1 Tbsp. Add lemon zest and juice to couscous; fluff with a fork.
Nutritional Information
| Main | Side | Total | |
| Servings | 6 | 6 | |
| Calories |
328
|
189
|
517
|
| Fat (g) | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| Sat. Fat (g) | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Protein (g) | 30 | 7 | 37 |
| Carb (g) | 16 | 30 | 46 |
| Fiber (g) | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Sodium (mg) | 827 | 105 | 932 |
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