Casablanca Chicken Recipes

CASABLANCA CHICKEN COUSCOUS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add onion; saute until softened, 3-4 minutes. Add chicken, couscous, salt, pepper and pepper flakes; cook and stir until chicken begins to brown, 3-5 minutes. Add broth and dried fruit; cook, uncovered, until chicken and couscous are tender and fruit is moist, 8-10 minutes., Stir in remaining ingredients; heat through. Remove from heat. Let stand, covered, 10 minutes. Meanwhile, zest lemon peel into strips; cut lemon into six wedges. Top couscous with zest strips and serve with lemon wedges.

CASABLANCA CHICKEN

Steps:

• Brush chicken breasts with olive oil and sprinkle with enough spice mix to coat both sides.
• Heat about a tbs of oil in a pan and sauté the chicken for about 4 minutes each side (careful not to overcook!).
• For spice mix: Combine everything and store in a jar or bottle.

CROCK POT CHICKEN CASABLANCA (WW FLEX AND ALMOST CORE)

Steps:

• Sauté onions, ginger and garlic in oil for 3 or 4 minutes and transfer to crockpot.
• Brown chicken in same pan over medium heat. Reserve in skillet.
• Add carrots, potatoes to crock pot.
• Place chicken on top of veggies.
• Stir seasonings in a small bowl and sprinkle over chicken along with currants and raisins.
• If you like a very thick sauce, drain one of the two cans of tomatoes before adding to crock pot. Top chicken with diced tomatoes.
• Add zucchini to the top.
• Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 to 6 hours.
• Add beans, parsley and cilantro 30 minutes before serving. (You can also do all cilantro or all parsley according to personal preference.).
• Serve over cooked rice or couscous.

CASABLANCA CHUTNEY CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 16 ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or until chicken is tender., Stir in the parsley, mint and lemon juice; heat through. Sprinkle each serving with pistachios; if desired, serve with cooked Israeli couscous.

CHICKEN CASABLANCA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a deep pot over medium heat.
• Cook chicken breasts in hot oil until browned on both sides, but still slightly underdone in the center, 3 to 5 minutes per side; remove to a cutting board to cool.
• Stir onion into the oil in the pot; saute until lightly browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute more.
• Stir celery and carrot into the onion mixture; saute together until until the celery and carrot begin to soften, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce heat to low, place a cover on the pot, and sweat the vegetable mixture until softened completely, about 10 minutes.
• Pour butternut squash soup and chicken broth into the pot; stir and bring to a simmer. Season the soup mixture with ras el hanout, cinnamon, salt, and pepper; stir. Replace cover to the pot and cook mixture at a simmer for 40 minutes.
• Cut the partially cooked chicken breasts into chunks; add to the soup mixture along with any juices that have collected on the cutting board. Stir peas and raisins into the soup mixture; simmer until the chicken pieces are no longer pink in the center, about 15 minutes more.