Chicken And Vegetables With Couscous Recipe - Cooking Index
Chicken And Vegetables With Couscous Recipe - Cooking Index
Couscous is a tiny grainlike pasta from North Africa. A packaged precooked version is found in many supermarkets. In this recipe couscous is added to the cooked garlic-seasoned chicken stew to steam until tender.
Type: Chicken, Poultry| 8 | Chicken drumsticks and/or | |
| Thighs - (abt 2 lbs total) - skinned | ||
| 1 1/2 cups | 165g / 5.8oz | Peeled carrots in 1" pieces - (2 large) |
| 1 1/2 cups | 355ml | Fresh mushrooms - halved |
| 3/4 cup | 109g / 3.8oz | Chopped green sweet pepper - (1 large) |
| 1/2 cup | 31g / 1.1oz | Coarsely-chopped onion - (1 medium) |
| 2 | Garlic cloves - minced | |
| 1 | Stewed tomatoes - (14 1/2 oz) | |
| 1/2 cup | 118ml | Chicken broth |
| 1 cup | 237ml | Thinly-sliced lengthwise-halved zucchini - (1 small) |
| 3/4 cup | 177ml | Couscous |
| Salt - to taste | ||
| Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste | ||
| Snipped fresh parsley |
In a 4- or 6-quart pressure cooker place chicken, carrots, mushrooms, sweet pepper, onion, garlic, undrained tomatoes, and chicken broth.
Lock lid in place. Place pressure regulator on vent pipe (if you have a first-generation cooker). Over high heat, bring cooker up to pressure. Reduce heat just enough to maintain pressure and pressure regulator rocks gently; cook for 8 minutes.
Quick-release the pressure. Carefully remove lid.
Add zucchini and couscous to cooker. Cover loosely (do not lock lid) and let stand about 7 minutes or until couscous is tender. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Sprinkle with parsley.
This recipe yields 4 main-dish servings (5 1/2 cups).
Nutritional facts per serving: calories 438; total fat 12g; saturated fat 3g; cholesterol 98mg; sodium 618mg; carbohydrate 46g; fiber 8g; protein 35g; vitamin A 136%; vitamin C 51%; calcium 5%; iron 20%.
Source:
Better Homes and Gardens at http://www.BHG.com
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