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Apricot and Olive Chicken

Almond-Green Onion Couscous
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Ingredients

  • 2 bone-in chicken leg quarters
  • ⅛ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
  • ½ tsp ground turmeric
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • ⅓ cup dried apricots (or use other dried fruit)
  • ⅓ cup pitted green olives, halved
  • ½ cup unsalted chicken broth

Instructions

  1. 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.
  2. Brown chicken in hot oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat 3 minutes per side.
  3. Add apricots, olives, and broth to chicken in Dutch oven; transfer to oven.
  4. Bake 20 minutes or until chicken is done.

Side Dish Ingredients

  • ¼ cup sliced almonds
  • ½ cup whole wheat Israeli (pearl) couscous
  • ⅛ tsp salt
  • ⅛ tsp pepper
  • 1 green onion, chopped
  • ½ lemon

Side Dish Instructions

  1. Toast nuts in a dry skillet over medium heat until fragrant.
  2. Prepare couscous according to package directions, adding salt and pepper; stir in nuts and onion.
  3. Grate zest from lemon to equal ½ tsp and squeeze juice to equal 1 tsp. Add lemon zest and juice to couscous; fluff with a fork.

Nutritional Information

Main Side Total
Servings 2 2
Calories
350
213
563
Fat (g) 19 7 26
Sat. Fat (g) 3 0 3
Protein (g) 30 8 38
Carb (g) 16 31 47
Fiber (g) 2 6 8
Sodium (mg) 876 82 958

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