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Couscous Tfaya

Name: Couscous Tfaya
Total time: 2h
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Morocco
Ingredients: 500g couscous; 1 whole chicken, jointed; 4 large onions; 150g raisins; 2 tbsp honey; 2 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp saffron; 1 tsp ginger; Butter; Toasted almonds

Wedding-day couscous topped with tfaya — caramelised onions with cinnamon, raisins and honey — piled over saffron chicken.

2h 8 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 500g couscous
• 1 whole chicken, jointed
• 4 large onions
• 150g raisins
• 2 tbsp honey
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp saffron
• 1 tsp ginger
• Butter
• Toasted almonds

Method

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Simmer chicken with onion, saffron and ginger 45 min.

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1
Simmer chicken with onion, saffron and ginger 45 min.
2
In a wide pan, cook sliced onions with cinnamon, honey and raisins 40 min until deep amber (tfaya).
3
Steam couscous three times over the broth, fluffing with butter.
4
Mound couscous; top with chicken, tfaya and almonds.