Chicken Provençal

14 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 None skin-on chicken legs (each a little less than 1/2 lb)
  • None None paprika, to taste
  • 1/4 lb bacon, cut into thin strips
  • 1 tbsp fresh rosemary, chopped
  • 5 tbsp oil
  • 2/3 lb eggplant (around 3 2/3 cups), chopped
  • 1/2 lb zucchini (around 2 cups), chopped
  • 1 None red bell pepper, deseeded and chopped
  • 1 None yellow bell pepper, deseeded and chopped
  • 2 None onions, peeled, 1 onion roughly chopped, 1 onion finely diced
  • 18 oz tomato puree
  • 1 tbsp dried herbes de Provence
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2/3 lb couscous (around 1 3/4 cups)

Directions

  1. 1
    Rub the chicken with salt and paprika. Score each leg 4 times and push the bacon and rosemary into the cuts. Heat 3 tbsp oil in a frying pan and fry the chicken legs for 10 mins on each side.
  2. 2
    Heat 2 tbsp oil in a separate frying pan and saute the eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers and chopped onion until softened. Add the tomato puree and simmer for 5 mins. Stir in the herbes de Provence and season with salt.
  3. 3
    Melt the butter in a separate frying pan and fry the diced onion until softened. Add the couscous and cook for 1 min. Add 1 1/4 cups water and season with salt. Cook over a low heat for 7 mins, or until the water is absorbed.
  4. 4
    Arrange the vegetables on a serving platter and top with the chicken. Serve with the couscous.

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