Spiced Chicken and Couscous with Crispy Chicken Skins - Cook's Illustrated | America's Test Kitchen

Spiced Chicken and Couscous with Crispy Chicken Skins - Cook's Illustrated | America's Test Kitchen

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This chicken dish features a couple of North African influences: We start with a spice blend reminiscent of ras el hanout (literally “head of the shop” in Arabic, ras el hanout is a spice blend...

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Ingredients

  • 4 teaspoons paprika
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • Kosher salt and pepper
  • ¾ teaspoon ground turmeric
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 2 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, trimmed
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, divided
  • 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • ⅓ cup sun-dried tomatoes
  • ⅓ cup plus ⅓ cup prunes, chopped coarse, divided
  • ¼ cup plus ⅓ cup pitted green olives, sliced, divided
  • 4 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1 onion, chopped fine
  • 1½ cups chicken broth
  • 1½ cups couscous
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • lemon wedges

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