ABC CHICKEN WITH COUS COUS

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Categories Chicken

Yield Serves 4 to 6.

Number Of Ingredients 19

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Ingredients

For Chicken:
2 Cups yellow onion, thinly sliced
4 TBS good olive oil, divided
3 TBS chopped fresh garlic
8 chicken thighs, with skin, and trimmed of excess fat
2 14-ounce cans chopped tomatoes with juice,
1 1/2 Cups artichoke hearts, drained, and sliced to about 1/2 inch thickness
2 TBS capers, with liquid
1/2 C chopped fresh basil
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
2 TBS butter
1/4 C chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1/4 C green onions, thinly sliced
For Cous Cous
2 TBS butter or olive oil
1/2 C green onion, thinly sliced
1/2 C fresh red pepper, finely diced
2 C cous cous
3 C chicken broth

Steps:

For Chicken Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large, oven-proof skillet with lid, heat 3 TBS olive oil. Over medium heat, saute onion until soft; add garlic and cook another two or three minutes. Put onions and garlic aside. Heat the remaining 1 TBS olive oil in the skillet, and add as many chicken thighs as can fit in a sigle layer, skin side down. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook chicken until skin is browned, turn over, and cook about five minutes on the other side. Repeat if necessary with remaining thighs. Return the onion mixture and all chicken thighs to the pan. Stir in tomatoes with juice, being sure to scrape the bottom of the pan. Put on the lid, and cook in the oven for 30 minutes. After that cooking period, stir in artichoke hearts, capers, and basil; return to the oven for about 15 minutes more, or until the juice of the chicken runs clean when pierced with a knife. Stir in butter. Taste the sauce, and add salt and pepper as necessary. Meanwhile, place the cous cous into a large, heat-proof bowl. Heat the butter or oil in a small skillet, and saute the green onions and red peppers until just soft. Add to the cous cous. Bring the chicken broth to a boil, and pour over the cous cous. Stir, cover the bowl, and let the cous cous steam, about 15 minutes. Fluff with a fork, and add more butter if desired. To serve, spread the cous cous on a large platter. Arrange chicked thighs evenly over cous cous, then top with the sauce. Garnish with fresh parsley and green onions.