Smart Zippy Calabrese-Style Chicken Thighs

Name: Smart Zippy Calabrese-Style Chicken Thighs with Garlicky Spinach Couscous
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 280 g Chicken Thighs; ¼ cup Roasted Pepper Pesto; ½ tbsp Chili-Garlic Sauce; ¾ cup Pearl Couscous; 56 g Baby Spinach; ½ tsp Garlic Salt; 1 tsp Oil*; 0.13 tsp Pepper*; 2 tbsp Unsalted Butter*

with Garlicky Spinach Couscous

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This chicken dinner will take you on a trip to Southern Italy. Smothered in a slightly piquant sauce, the pearl couscous tempers the heat.

Ingredients: Chicken thighs • Pearl couscous (durum wheat semolina) (wheat) • Roasted red pepper pesto (roasted red pepper, soybean oil, water, sunflower seeds, garlic, parmesan cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, lipase, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, powdered cellulose), modified corn starch, salt, sugar, herbs, citric acid, spices, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) (milk) • Spinach • Chili-garlic sauce (water, chili peppers, glucose, garlic, salt, vinegar, modified corn starch, dried garlic, canola oil, soybean oil, dried red bell pepper, xanthan gum, acetic acid, citric acid, paprika oleoresin, caramel, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate) • Garlic salt (salt, garlic powder, silicon dioxide).

Tags:

Carb Smart

•Calorie Smart

•Spicy

•Quick

Allergens:

Milk

•Hvede

The quantities provided above are averages only.

Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.

Preparation Time25 minutes

Cooking Time10 minutes

DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

serving amount

280 g

Chicken Thighs

¼ cup

Roasted Pepper Pesto

½ tbsp

Chili-Garlic Sauce

¾ cup

Pearl Couscous

56 g

Baby Spinach

½ tsp

Garlic Salt

Not included in your delivery

1 tsp

Oil*

0.13 tsp

Pepper*

2 tbsp

Unsalted Butter*

Nutrition Values

Calories590 kcal

Fat27 g

Saturated Fat10 g

Carbohydrate50 g

Sugar1 g

Dietary Fiber3 g

Protein37 g

Cholesterol165 mg

Sodium740 mg

Trans Fat0.5 g

Potassium650 mg

Calcium75 mg

Iron4 mg

Due to the different suppliers we purchase our products from, nutritional facts per meal can vary from the website to what is received in the delivered box, depending on your region.

Utensils

•Medium Pot

•Measuring Spoons

•Measuring Cups

•Large Non-Stick Pan

Cooking Steps

Add couscous to the boiling water. Reduce heat to medium. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender, 6-8 min.
Drain and return couscous to the same pot, off heat.

Meanwhile, roughly chop spinach.
On a clean surface, pat chicken dry with paper towels.
Season with 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) garlic salt and pepper.

Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat.
When hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter and 1 tsp (2 tsp) oil, then swirl the pan to melt. Add chicken. (NOTE: Don't overcrowd the pan. Cook in batches for 4 ppl). Pan-fry on one side until golden-brown, 3-4 min.
Flip, then pan-fry until golden-brown and cooked through, 3-5 min.**
Transfer to a plate and cover to keep warm.

Reduce heat to medium.
Add roasted pepper pesto and 1/4 cup (1/2 cup) water to the same pan over medium heat. Cook, stirring often, until slightly thickened, 1-2 min.
Return chicken to the pan and chili-garlic sauce. Remove the pan from heat.
Once couscous is finished cooking, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter to the pot with couscous. Stir, until spinach wilts, 1 min.
Season with salt and pepper.
Cover to keep warm.

Divide couscous between plates.
Top with chicken.
Spoon over pepper sauce.

If you've opted to get chicken thighs, skip the step to butterfly the chicken, then cook in the same way the recipe instructs you to cook chicken breasts.