Recipe ingredients
- 1 packet of couscous, about 2 cups
- 1 chicken quartered
- 1 large onion, cut into 4 pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons shortening or butter
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1/4 cup shortening or butter and vegetable oil mixture
- 200 g, 7 oz, chopped and fried sausages
- 2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon oil for cooking couscous
- 1 clove - 1 nutmeg - 1 cardamom pod raisins for garnishing
Recipe method
- Fry chicken with shortening and oil mixture.
- Cover chicken, onion and solid spices with 2 litres of water.
- Cook over medium heat for 1 hour or until the chicken is tender.
- Remove chicken and place aside.
- Boil water.
- Add salt, oil, couscous and butter.
- Put heat off.
- Mix using a fork until couscous absorbs all the water.
- Leave aside for 7 minutes.
- You can reheat the couscous on low heat while stirring constantly.
- Remove couscous from water.
- Drain.
- Place in a platter, garnish with chicken, raisins and sausages.
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