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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Northern Africa >> Libyan

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat in a deep saute pan or stock pot. Add onion and saute until beginning to soften, 2 minutes. Add garlic and chiles and saute until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add butternut squash and dry spices; saute 2 minutes. | 2. Add 1 1/2 cups chicken stock and tomatoes with juices. (The squash should be just covered with liquid. Add extra chicken stock if necessary.). | 3. Bring to a boil and reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, until squash is tender but firm, 15-20 minutes. Add chickpeas and 1 teaspoon salt. Continue to simmer, 10 minutes. Stir in kale and simmer until leaves are wilted and bright green, 2 minutes. | 4. While the ragout is simmering bring 2 cups chicken stock to a boil in a medium saucepan, add couscous, 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 teaspoon salt. Cover and remove from heat. Let sit 5 minutes. Fluff with fork. | 5. To serve, spoon couscous into a bowl or shallow plate, leaving a well in the center. Ladle ragout into the center. Garnish with fresh cilantro or parsley leaves. | 6. TO MAKE WITH SAUSAGE: | 7. As a first step, slice 8 ounces hot Italian sausage into 1/2 inch pieces. Saute in deep saute pan until golden brown on all sides. | 8. Transfer sausage to a plate lined with a paper towel. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon rendered fat. Add onion and proceed with instructions above, substituting the sausage fat for the olive oil. | 9. Return sausage to the ragout with the chickpeas. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
yellow onion	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	2		minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
serrano chilies	2		stemmed seeded chopped	-	-	-	-
butternut squash	1	cups	peeled seeded cut	63.0	16.366	1.4	0.14
cumin	1	teaspoon	ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
coriander	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.682	0.4949	0.1113	0.1599
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
chicken stock	3 1/2	cups	divided	302.4	29.651999999999997	21.168000000000003	10.08
tomato juice	1	can	crushed	61.934	12.8604	3.0967	1.0565
chickpea	1	can	drained rinsed	1133.4333	188.7556	61.3793	18.1109
salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
kale leaf	3	cups		-	-	-	-
couscous	2	cups		1300.96	267.9078	44.1496	2.2144

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