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How To Make Citrus Pomegranate Chicken
This chicken recipe is brimming with a variety of flavors- sweet, zesty, and savory. It’s served with couscous to make a complete, nutritious meal.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1chicken
- ¾tspsalt
- ¼tspfreshly ground pepper
- 2tbspolive oil
- 1mediumonion
- 2clovegarlic
- 2tspcumin seeds
- 1tspgaram masala
- 1½tspall purpose flour
- 1canchicken broth
- ½cupapricots,dried
- 1tbsplemon zest,grated
- 2tspfresh ginger,minced, peeled
- 1cupwhole wheat couscous
- 1cuppomegranate seeds
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Sprinkle chicken pieces with salt and pepper. In a 5-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat.
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Add chicken to Dutch oven in batches and cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer chicken pieces to a plate. Add onion and garlic to Dutch oven and cook, stirring frequently, until softened.
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Add cumin and garam masala and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute; stir in flour, then half cup water, chicken broth, apricots, lemon zest, and ginger. Bring sauce to a boil, stirring; return chicken to Dutch oven.
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Cover and bake for about 40 minutes, until chicken is cooked through and tender. Serve chicken over couscous; spoon sauce over and sprinkle with pomegranate seeds.
Nutrition
- Calories: 943.63kcal
- Fat: 53.37g
- Saturated Fat: 14.03g
- Trans Fat: 0.29g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 23.94g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 10.63g
- Carbohydrates: 49.44g
- Fiber: 5.25g
- Sugar: 9.53g
- Protein: 63.84g
- Cholesterol: 227.33mg
- Sodium: 1088.77mg
- Calcium: 80.33mg
- Potassium: 892.70mg
- Iron: 4.39mg
- Vitamin A: 142.49µg
- Vitamin C: 15.93mg
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