Harissa Honey Chicken

Recipe Ingredients

		Harissa
1 oz	28g	Dried chile pepper - of choice
2 tablespoons	30ml	Fresh cilantro leaves
1 tablespoon	15ml	Fresh mint leaves
1		Salt
1		Garlic
2 tablespoons	30ml	Oil - approximate
20 oz	568g	Chicken breast - (four fillets)
3 tablespoons	45ml	Honey
2 tablespoons	30ml	Dry sherry
2 tablespoons	30ml	Harissa sauce - see above
		Salt

Recipe Instructions

Soak the chiles in warm water for 1 hour. Drain and puree with the other ingredients, adding only enough oil as is necessary to create a paste. To reduce the calories from fat content, use a little oil and lots of broth to form a paste.

Preheat oven to 400degF. Place the chicken breasts on a roasting pan. Mix honey, sherry, and harissa. Brush on the sauce. Coat both sides of the breast. Season with salt. Roast about 15 minutes. (If the meat is not done, still remove from the oven and cover with foil. The chicken will continue to cook while it is resting.)

Serve with Couscous 'cooked' with orange juice and cilantro; steamed yams on a bed of wilted spinach. The chicken tends toward the dry side. Serve with a creamy raita.

See Basic Flavorings: Chiles (1996) Clare Gordon-Smith (ed).

Variation: Add sun-dried tomato crumbs to the soaking chiles. For poultry, use chicken with or without skin, quail, or Cornish hen.

Make extra harissa. It is also good on grilled pork.

Source:
Basic Flavorings: Chiles

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