Roast Chicken with Couscous Recipe at MyDish

Roast Chicken with Couscous

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Method

  • 1. Preheat the oven to 200˚C, fan 180˚C, gas 6.
  • 2. Place all the chicken drumsticks in a large roasting tray and add 1 red onion, peeled and cut into 8 wedges, and 1 garlic clove, peeled and finely sliced. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle over a pinch of dried mixed herbs. Drizzle with a little olive oil and toss to combine the flavours.
  • 3. Place in the oven and cook for 35 minutes. Add the cherry tomatoes, whole, and cook for another 10 minutes.
  • 4. Make 1 pint of hot chicken stock using 1 chicken stock cube. Place 500g cous cous in a bowl, then pour over the hot stock, cover with cling film and allow to steam for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, fry 1 courgette, roughly chopped, in a little olive oil for a couple of minutes. Fluff up the cous cous with a fork, season with salt and pepper and grate in some lemon zest. Add the courgette and drizzle with a little olive oil.
  • 5. Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon over the chicken, tomatoes and onion and serve with cous cous on the side.
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    Ingredients

    • 800g chicken drumsticks
    • 400g cherry tomatoes
    • 500g cous cous
    • 1 red onion
    • 1 lemon
    • 2 courgettes
    • 3 garlic cloves
    • 2 tbsp. olive oil
    • 1 vegetable stock cube
    • 2 tsp. dried mixed herbs
    • to pepper salt and pepper

    By Views 1905  Added Mon Jan 19 2009


    Very easy to make family dish.