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Moroccan chicken couscous with dates
Photo: Lily Banse

Moroccan chicken couscous with dates

12 ingredients 10 min + 25 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Moroccan chicken couscous with dates

Wholewheat grains keep you fuller for longer - flavour with dates, lemon, cumin and cinnamon

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

608
Calories
40g
Protein
19g
Fat
73g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Couscous 1 cup cooked (157g) 176
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Date 1 date (24g) medjool 66
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 500g skinless chicken thighs
  • 140g wholewheat couscous
  • 2 onions , sliced
  • 4 garlic cloves , sliced
  • zest 2 lemons , juice of 1
  • 350ml chicken stock
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 6 large dates , pitted and chopped (Medjool are nice)
  • 50g flaked almonds
  • small bunch parsley , chopped

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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