astrolab
VIP Member (Resident chef)
Cold chicken couscous is a variant of the classic North African derivation, couscous with vegetables and prepared many of diced chicken.
Is a tasty recipe for summer season is very easy to prepare. To make the couscous ,vegetables ,cook in a pot, sauté the chicken flavored with sweet paprika, then add the couscous and is served at the table cold, is suitable to serve as a single dish or bring a picnic. It is also possible to prepare a single portion excellent to use for a tasty cocktail and original.
Serve 4
Couscous ingredients:
Couscous pre cooked gr 250
extra virgin Olive oil 2 spoon
Butter gr 20 water 280 ml
Ingredients for the vegetable seasoning:
3 small shallots
Zucchini (310 g)
150 gr peas
2 Tomatoes
salt
Red Peppers gr 50 ( half of one by 100gr )
Extra virgin olive oil 3 spoon
Asparagus gr 150
black pepper one tea spoon
Vegetable stock 150 ml
Carrots gr 140
Ingredients for the chicken :
Vegetable broth 100 ml
Sweet Paprika gr 2
olive Oil 3 spoon
Chicken gr 400
Salt
Method:
To prepare couscous chicken cold start putting on the heat a pan of salted water , and, when it reaches a boil, add the couscous slowly , two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, then stir well and turn off the heat.
Leveled the mixture with a spoon and let it sit for durum wheat flour to absorb all the water . Spent the time necessary to add the butter and cook over low heat for 2 minutes, covered with a lid . Once cooked, shelled the couscous with a fork and put it aside.
Condiment: wash and Peel vegetables, then cubed carrots , courgettes , clean the internal filaments eliminating peppers and cut into small cubes.
then cut into cubes the tomatoes, taking care to remove the seeds (10). Finally clean the asparagus , cut them into fine leaving entire little rounds tips , then mince the shallots
Take half the shallots, start to cook it in a pot,than add carrots and zucchini, the red pepper, the peas,the tomatoes, the asparagus, a large spoon of vegetable broth, cook for 10 min of medium fire.Add salt and pepper to taste the vegetables and add more broth if necessary. At this point take the chicken and cut it into pieces, then cook shallots remained with three tablespoons of oil and add the chicken . Flavored with sweet paprika and wet with a ladle of broth, then simmer for 15 minutes over low heat .
Once cooked and warm up mix vegetables with couscous then add the chicken, which is also warm and mix very well to mix the ingredients. If necessary add salt and pepper. Let cool long enough and then you're ready to bring to the table the couscous chicken cold.
Is a tasty recipe for summer season is very easy to prepare. To make the couscous ,vegetables ,cook in a pot, sauté the chicken flavored with sweet paprika, then add the couscous and is served at the table cold, is suitable to serve as a single dish or bring a picnic. It is also possible to prepare a single portion excellent to use for a tasty cocktail and original.
Serve 4
Couscous ingredients:
Couscous pre cooked gr 250
extra virgin Olive oil 2 spoon
Butter gr 20 water 280 ml
Ingredients for the vegetable seasoning:
3 small shallots
Zucchini (310 g)
150 gr peas
2 Tomatoes
salt
Red Peppers gr 50 ( half of one by 100gr )
Extra virgin olive oil 3 spoon
Asparagus gr 150
black pepper one tea spoon
Vegetable stock 150 ml
Carrots gr 140
Ingredients for the chicken :
Vegetable broth 100 ml
Sweet Paprika gr 2
olive Oil 3 spoon
Chicken gr 400
Salt
Method:
To prepare couscous chicken cold start putting on the heat a pan of salted water , and, when it reaches a boil, add the couscous slowly , two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, then stir well and turn off the heat.
Leveled the mixture with a spoon and let it sit for durum wheat flour to absorb all the water . Spent the time necessary to add the butter and cook over low heat for 2 minutes, covered with a lid . Once cooked, shelled the couscous with a fork and put it aside.
Condiment: wash and Peel vegetables, then cubed carrots , courgettes , clean the internal filaments eliminating peppers and cut into small cubes.
then cut into cubes the tomatoes, taking care to remove the seeds (10). Finally clean the asparagus , cut them into fine leaving entire little rounds tips , then mince the shallots
Take half the shallots, start to cook it in a pot,than add carrots and zucchini, the red pepper, the peas,the tomatoes, the asparagus, a large spoon of vegetable broth, cook for 10 min of medium fire.Add salt and pepper to taste the vegetables and add more broth if necessary. At this point take the chicken and cut it into pieces, then cook shallots remained with three tablespoons of oil and add the chicken . Flavored with sweet paprika and wet with a ladle of broth, then simmer for 15 minutes over low heat .
Once cooked and warm up mix vegetables with couscous then add the chicken, which is also warm and mix very well to mix the ingredients. If necessary add salt and pepper. Let cool long enough and then you're ready to bring to the table the couscous chicken cold.
