Spicy Couscous With Shrimp Chicken and Chorizo

⏱ 35 mins 🍽 6-8 serving(s) 🏷 One Dish Meal

This vibrant one-dish meal combines succulent shrimp, chicken, and chorizo with fluffy couscous, all cooked together in a single pan. Aromatic spices like turmeric, saffron, and red pepper flakes create a rich, slightly fiery base. Finished with peas and lemon zest, it's a complete, flavour-packed dinner that comes together in just 35 minutes. It's a favourite weeknight recipe that delivers big taste with minimal washing up.

Spicy Couscous With Shrimp Chicken and Chorizo

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (extra virgin olive oil)
  • 1/2 lb chorizo sausage, cut into bite size pieces (castings removed)
  • 3/4 lb chicken tenderloins, cut into bite size pieces
  • 1 fresh bay leaf
  • 4 -5 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 medium onion, chopped (small pieces)
  • 1 lb medium shrimp (deveined and peeled)
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 4 garlic cloves, grated
  • 1 -2 chopped jalapeno (to taste)
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1 pinch saffron thread
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 cups couscous
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • 1 lemon, zest of

Method

  1. Warm the extra virgin olive oil in a deep skillet that has a tight-fitting lid.
  2. Place the chorizo in the pan and cook for 1 minute, then add the chicken pieces, bay leaf, thyme, and chopped onion.
  3. Cook for 2 minutes before adding the shrimp, crushed red pepper flakes, grated garlic, chopped jalapeno, turmeric, and saffron. Cook until the shrimp are nearly done, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, then pour in the chicken stock.
  4. Bring the stock to a boil, then mix in the couscous, frozen peas, and lemon zest. Cover the pan, turn off the heat, and leave it to stand for 5 minutes. Fluff the couscous with a fork, discard the bay leaf and thyme stems, then serve.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium765900 mg

Recipe details

CategoryOne Dish Meal
AuthorManda G