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🍽️ Chicken cooked in milk with couscous

1143 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• Cumin (1/2 tsp each, ground)
• Cloves (1/2 tsp each, ground)
• 1 large onion (halved)
• 1 chicken (approx. 1.5 kg)
• Salt
• Pepper (from the mill)
• 250 g carrots (peeled and cut into cubes)
• 8 stalks cilantro (bundled)
• 2 l milk
• 1.5 kg pumpkin (peeled, seeded and cut into large pieces)
• 250 g zucchini (halved lengthwise and cut into 3 cm thick pieces)
• 1 pinch saffron
• 1 kg couscous
• 800 ml water
• 1 tsp salt
• 80 g butter

Instructions

1. 1. Rub salt and pepper into the chicken.
2. 2. Place the chicken in a pot.
3. 3. Add onion halves, carrots, cumin, cloves, and coriander sprigs.
4. 4. Season the ingredients with salt and pepper.
5. 5. Pour in the milk until everything is covered.
6. 6. Bring the milk to a boil.
7. 7. Reduce the heat and cook the chicken gently for 30 minutes.
8. 8. Add pumpkin and zucchini to the chicken.
9. 9. Add saffron.
10. 10. Cook everything for another 25 minutes.
11. 11. Pour hot water over the couscous.
12. 12. Let the couscous swell according to package instructions.
13. 13. Fluff the couscous occasionally with a fork.
14. 14. Keep the couscous warm.
15. 15. Remove the chicken from the broth.
16. 16. Cut the chicken into pieces.
17. 17. Prepare a large, pre-warmed serving plate.
18. 18. Mound the couscous in the center of the plate.
19. 19. Press a well into the couscous.
20. 20. Place the chicken pieces in the well.
21. 21. Arrange the vegetables around the chicken.
22. 22. Remove onions and coriander from the broth.
23. 23. Discard the removed ingredients.
24. 24. Serve the milk broth separately in a sauce boat.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 1143
• Protein: 74 g · Fett/Fat: 28 g · Carbs: 146 g