Chicken with Quince, Dried Fruits and Couscous

A very aromatic, light, and original chicken garnish – from couscous, with quince and dried fruits. Prepare chicken and couscous for dinner, and loved ones will gather for the scent ahead of time.

Ingredients

• Chicken drumsticks – 3 pcs.
• Chicken broth – 300 ml
• Couscous – 120 g
• Quince – 1 pc.
• Bulb onions – 1 pc.
• Sun-dried cherries – 10 g
• Dried apricots – 20 g
• Lemon (small) – 1 pc.
• Parsley – 3 sprigs
• Dill – 3 branches
• Olive oil – 3 tbsp
• Ground black pepper – to taste
• Salt to taste

Directions

1. Pour 50 ml of broth, you will need it later. Pour the couscous into the hot chicken stock, cover, and leave to swell until needed.

   

2. Soak dried apricots in warm water for 15-20 minutes to soften. Then dry it.
3. Cut dried apricots into pieces, the size of dried cherries.
4. Cut the onion into small pieces.
5. Fry the onions in oil until golden brown.
6. Set the onion aside and fry the chicken drumsticks on both sides.
7. Cut the quince in half and cut out the seed capsule. Cut the quince into small cubes.
8. Add dried fruits and quince to the pan with chicken and onions. Pour in the left broth, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
9. Remove the zest from the lemon and squeeze the juice.
10. Chop parsley and dill.
11. Pour the juice with the zest into the pan for the chicken.
12. Sprinkle the contents of the pan with chopped herbs. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for another 10 minutes.

    

13. After the time has passed, add the swollen couscous to the pan. Stir in couscous with chicken, dried fruit, and quince. Warm-up everything together for a minute.
14. Arrange the chicken with quince, dried fruits, and couscous on plates and serve.

Enjoy your meal!