Blackened chicken with Mediterranean vegetable couscous

Name: Blackened chicken with Mediterranean vegetable couscous
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 skinless chicken breasts, lightly scored; 1 tsp ground fennel seeds; 1 tsp smoked paprika; ¼ tsp ground ginger; 1 tbsp dark soft brown sugar; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 recipe quantity Mediterranean Vegetable Couscous, to serve; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tbsp tomato purée (paste); ¼ tsp cayenne pepper; 2 tbsp light soy sauce; 1 tsp balsamic vinegar; 1 tsp chopped thyme leaves; 1 tbsp tomato purée (paste)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

The Good Chicken Cookbook

By Marcus Bean

Published 2024

About

Couscous makes the perfect partner for this spice-blackened chicken. If you pop the chicken in the fridge to marinate before you go to work, it will be ready to cook as soon as you get home, and even more full of flavour from a longer time marinating. Toasting the couscous in advance also adds to the nutty flavour.

Ingredients

4 skinless chicken breasts, lightly scored
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 recipe quantity Mediterranean Vegetable Couscous</

Main course
Mediterranean

Method

Mix together all the marinade ingredients in a non-metallic bowl. Season the chicken, then add it to the marinade and turn so it is fully coated. Cover and leave to marinate in the fridge for at least 20 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6.

Remove the chicken