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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a food processor, finely chop onion and garlic. Dredge chicken in flour. | 2. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Saute chicken and onion mixture until mixture has softened, about 10 minutes. | 3. Stir in one cup water, saffron, ginger, cumin, paprika, salt and lemon peel. | 4. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, 35 minutes. Remove chicken from sauce and allow to cool a few minutes. | 5. Debone chicken and cut meat into small pieces. Put meat back into sauce with the lemon juice, olives, cilantro and pepper. Simmer gently 5 minutes. | 6. While the chicken is cooking, bring 1 1/2 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add the couscous and bring back to a boil. | 7. Remove from heat and allow to sit for 5 minutes. | 8. Spoon chicken mixture over couscous and serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
onion	1		peeled quartered	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
garlic clove	2		peeled minced	-	-	-	-
chicken	2 1/2		skinless	-	-	-	-
flour	2	tablespoons		72.285	15.8257	1.1751	0.2804
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
water	2 1/2	cups	divided	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
saffron	1/8	teaspoon		0.2712	0.0572	0.01	0.0051
ginger	1/2	teaspoon	ground	0.8	0.1777	0.0182	0.0075
cumin	1/2	teaspoon	ground	3.9375	0.4645	0.187	0.2338
paprika	1/2	teaspoon		3.2430000000000003	0.6209	0.1626	0.1482
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
lemon juice	3	tablespoons		10.065	3.1568	0.1601	0.1098
lemon	2		grated rind	2.5617	0.8233	0.0972	0.0265
green olive	1/2	cup	pitted chopped	-	-	-	-
cilantro	2	tablespoons	minced	0.46	0.0734	0.0426	0.0104
couscous	3/4	cup		487.86	100.4654	16.5561	0.8304
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.