This meal is made out of defiance, chicken, cumin, stubbornness and couscous. All in one pot!
It was my night to cook and I was resisting, because well, I wanted to make cookies. As I begrudgedly (is that even a word?) stood in the kitchen and eyed off my stove I declared ‘If I’m cooking I’m only using one pot!’
So there. That’ll teach the, er, cat.
And then something magical happened. I remembered about my friend couscous. And chicken. And garam masala and stock. And vegetables!
Couscous is awesome. You cook up all the chicken, spices, vegies and what not, put a whole lot of stock and tinned tomatoes in and just add uncooked couscous. Cover the pot with a lid, let the magic happen, and ta da! Dinner!
It turns out this is already a dish. But I swear I invented it too. Then googled it, and refined it. Now it’s here for you!
Topped with coriander (cilantro), natural yogurt and served with wine – it’s just perfect.
And, it only uses one pot.
Preperation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: about 40 minutes
Serves: 2
Ingredients
1 ½ teaspoons garam masala
½ teaspoon each ground cumin, ground coriander (cilantro) and chilli powder
½ red onion, halved and cut into thin wedges
1 skinless chicken breasts , cut into bite-sized chunks
1 small eggplant (aubergine), or half a large one, cubed
1 capsicum, sliced (any colour, or I tend to use half-half of a green and a red)
½ cup stock (from a stock cube)
Handful of mushrooms, sliced
Handful of green beans, cut to bite size pieces
1 x 400g cans tomatoes
Zest and juice 1 lemon
½ cup couscous (about 100 grams)
small bunch coriander (cilantro), roughly chopped
Method
- Place the cubed eggplant on a plate and salt lightly, then place another plate on top. This allows the eggplant to sweat a little and takes the bitterness away.
- Heat a large non-stick casserole dish or pan on the stove. Add the garam masala, spices and onions to the pan with a dash of oil, stir and cook gently for 10 mins until soft.
- Add chicken and brown for 5-10 mins.
- Add eggplant and capsicum, and ½ cup of stock. Simmer for 10 mins until liquid is gone and eggplant is nearly cooked.
- Tip canned tomatoes into the pan with 1/4 can of water, mushrooms and beans, simmer until heated through.
- Add the lemon zest and juice, couscous and seasoning, stir until combined .
- Cover and turn off the heat. Let stand for 10 minutes, stir through coriander and serve.
Healthy? About 410 calories a serve. They’re big serves too, you may just end up having it for lunch the next day.
Gluten free? No. Couscous is a wheat product
Storage: Can freeze, but not the best. Keeps one day in fridge, reheat well.
Modified from Good Food.
This looks fantastic Aimee! And can I tell you how much I love the one pot thing! Virtually no dishes!
Haha love your defiance and desire to use only 1 pot!! Great looking dish 🙂 Love Moroccan food, too!
Weird I saw this in Facebook, but not my subscription feed. I’m complaining to WordPress. Ah, a cat! Where was I? Oh yes, yum! Rioja. Double yum.
That’s terrible! Well double thanks for clicking on through…
You may have been looking for begrudgingly but I am here to tell you that begrudgedly is now a word, just wanted to let you know before i go back and read the whole post!! awesome.. c
Oh yea, that sounds more like it! But I’m glad begrudgedly is now a word! Far easier to make words up then, you know, properly look them up!
Fantastic. I adore rioja too, I always bring some back from Spain when I take my yearly trip. One of my favourite wines. But, wait a second… have I ever seen you blog a savory meal? You ought to do more.
It’s because ***drum roll*** I just got a better camera and can now take photos in normal light and photograph dinners. Yippee!! Love a Rioja too!
Yum Aimee…my daughter will love this!! I’m forwarding to her right away! And I will too, I love easy, one pot get the dinner on the table fast meals!!
Sounds like a delicious combination of flavors. yum yum all around.
Wow, this moroccan chicken couscous looks absolutely amazing. My mouth is watering.. I think its time to eat dinner lol
So easy, and so tasty, too. I wonder what defiance and stubborness taste like? A little spicy perhaps?
I adore a great one pot meal! Thanks for the ideas.
I adoreee the new header. Who did it for you? It’s super cute 😀
Everything is always better when served with wine, right? 😉 This couscous sounds fabulous! Looks hearty and delicious. Your kitty is absolutely adorable!
Great post. That looks so good.
This post has 3 of my favorite things: cats, one-pot meals, and wine. Seriously though, I’m obsessed with trying to find one-pot wonders and now this will be my next recipe. Thank you! I really enjoy your blog!
Ooooh, if I ate chicken I would be all over this like a fat kid on a Smartie. Any ideas on vegetarianising it? PS: Love the new banner – oh so cute!
I’ve done a veggo version before. Especially handy if I want to keep it for a few days in the fridge. The spices make it tasty enough, and the cous cous and eggplant filing enough, that you can just remove the chicken from the recipe. 🙂
Very cute kitty! 🙂 This one dish wonder looks fantastic! I don’t think you proved your point very well that you were mad about not making cookies. This just looks too good.
one pot!
yes please!
did I ever tell you how much I love the healthy, gluten, freeze with every post
and the new header too..so elegant
Thanks!!
That’s one cool-lookin’ cat!
Everyone says “it sounds great”, has anyone tried it?
Mmm
I know my friend Megan has also made it with success (vegetarian version) if that helps.