my old school friend rich’s band was playing jazz for chicago’s summerfest–so chris and I met up after work downtown amidst the swing of summer crowds and flowers, sweated it up, and played with our cell phone cameras.
tunisian (sort of) chicken & couscous
dinner experimentation success :) took a tunisian couscous recipe as my starting point and then diverged based on what I had onhand– with wonderfully bright-flavored and pleasing results.
Sarah’s Pseudo-Tunisian Chicken & CousCous
sear, in steps, then combine:
- 2-3 T olive oil
- 2 boneless chicken breasts, sliced into smaller pieces
- 1/2 an onion sliced thin
- 5 green greek olives diced
- 1 ripe tomato diced
- 1/2 can black beans
- 2 T turmeric
- 1 T cinnamon
serve over above:
- 2 cups couscous (steaming didn’t work, so I ended up boiling), tossed with:
- 2 T olive oil
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1/2 cucumber sliced
- 8-10 green grapes halved
- salt to taste