Lunch

Slow-Braised Chicken Thigh with Charred Okra, Preserved Lemon & Herbed Couscous

Name: Slow-Braised Chicken Thigh with Charred Okra, Preserved Lemon & Herbed Couscous
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 38 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 2 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (about 12 oz total); fleur de sel and cracked black pepper; 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 1 small onion, roughly chopped; 2 cloves garlic, smashed; 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger; 1 tsp ground cumin; ¼ tsp ground cinnamon; ⅓ cup diced canned tomato; ¾ cup low-sodium chicken stock; 1 preserved lemon, quartered (or zest of ½ lemon + juice of ¼ lemon); ¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped; 6 oz fresh okra; ½ cup couscous; ½ cup vegetable stock, hot; 1 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp fresh mint, chopped; 1 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped

A single chicken thigh, skin crisped first, then braised low and slow in a ginger-and-cumin stock with tomato, preserved lemon, and a handful of cilantro, alongside charred okra that stays just tender. Served over fluffy, herb-scattered couscous to catch every drop of the silky braise.

678calper serving 34gprotein 51gcarbs 38gfat 12min prep 38min cook 2serves

✓ Macros from a nutrition database · per serving · developed by The Delicious Kitchen with AI assistance, not independently kitchen-tested · how we calculate this