Couscous Royal

Name: Couscous Royal
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: 500g couscous; 500g lamb shoulder, cubed; 2 chicken thighs; 2 merguez sausages; 2 zucchini; 2 carrots; 2 turnips; 400g chickpeas; 400g crushed tomatoes; 2 tsp ras el hanout; 1 tsp turmeric; 1.5L chicken stock; 3 tbsp olive oil

Moroccan couscous piled with seven vegetables and slow-braised lamb and chicken. Simmering the meat and vegetables together covered for a full hour is what lets their flavours merge into one rich broth, which then gets poured generously back over the finished couscous.

Total time

95 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

75 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Moroccan

gluten-free

Ingredients

500gcouscous

500glamb shoulder, cubed

2chicken thighs

2merguez sausages

2zucchini

2carrots

2turnips

400gchickpeas

400gcrushed tomatoes

2 tspras el hanout

1 tspturmeric

1.5Lchicken stock

3 tbspolive oil

Instructions

Brown lamb and chicken in oil. Add spices.

Add all vegetables, tomatoes and stock.

Simmer covered 1 hour.

Steam couscous in a couscoussière or microwave.

Fluff couscous with butter.

Pile couscous on a platter, top with vegetables and meat.

Pour broth over generously.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

843

Protein

52.7g

Fat

40.6g

Carbs

68.2g

Fiber

12.5g

Sodium

1570mg

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