Saffron butter chicken with date & couscous stuffing recipe | Good Food

Ingredients

• 30g butter
• 1 small onion finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• 1 red chilli halved, deseeded and chopped
• 150g couscous
• 250ml hot chicken stock
• 40g dates pitted and chopped
• 30g dried barberries
• 25g walnuts roughly chopped
• 10g coriander chopped
• 10g parsley chopped
• 8 spring onions finely chopped
• 2kg whole chicken
• Greek yogurt and green salad, to serve (optional)
• 30g unsalted butter
• pinch of saffron threads