Chicken Tagine with Pine nut Couscous

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Time to Prepare this Recipe 90 minutes Prep: 20 minutes Cook: 55 minutes
# of servings this recipe makes 6 servings suggest servings
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Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
6 each chicken thighs with skin, bone-in
2 cups onion thinly sliced, 1 medium
4 cloves garlic large, minced
1 tablespoon ginger freshly minced
1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
1 teaspoon turmeric ground
1 teaspoon coriander ground
1/4 teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
2 each cardamom pods lightly crushed
2 each dried red chiles small
1 teaspoon salt
15 each apricots, dried halved
15 each prunes pitted, halved
4 cups chicken broth, low salt
5 each parsley sprigs flat-leaf, fresh
1/4 cup parsley leaves freshly minced
1 1/2 cups couscous
1/4 cup pine nuts lightly toasted
1 teaspoon lemon zest freshly grated

Directions

Heat oil in a 6- to 8-qt. heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat.

Add half the chicken, skin side down, and cook until golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes.

Turn over and cook 3 minutes more.

Transfer to a plate; repeat with remaining chicken and set aside.

Drain all but 2 tbsp. oil from pot and reduce heat to medium.

Add onion and sauté until golden, 5 to 7 minutes.

Add garlic and ginger and cook, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes.

Add cinnamon, turmeric, coriander, black pepper, cardamom pods, chiles, and salt and stir to combine.

Return chicken to pot and add apricots, prunes, 2 cups chicken broth, and parsley sprigs.

Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low.

Cover and simmer 40 minutes.

Take pot off heat and remove parsley sprigs and chiles.

Remove skin from chicken.

In a covered medium saucepan, bring remaining 2 cups chicken broth to a boil.

Turn off heat, stir in couscous, cover, and let sit 5 minutes.

Uncover pan and fluff couscous with a fork.

Stir in 2 tbsp. minced parsley, pine nuts, and lemon zest and toss to combine.

Mound couscous on a platter.

Top with chicken thighs and pour sauce over the chicken.

Sprinkle with remaining 2 tbsp. parsley.

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