Ingredients

  • 4 chicken legs skin-on, each a little less than 1/2 lb
  • paprika to taste
  • 1/4 pound bacon cut into thin strips
  • 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary chopped
  • 5 tablespoons oil
  • 2/3 pound eggplant around 3 2/3 cups, chopped
  • 1/2 pound zucchini around 2 cups, chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper deseeded and chopped
  • 1 yellow bell pepper deseeded and chopped
  • 2 onions peeled, 1 onion roughly chopped, 1 onion finely diced
  • 18 ounces tomato puree
  • 1 tablespoon herbes de provence dried
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2/3 pound couscous around 1 3/4 cups

Method

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Arrange the vegetables on a serving platter and top with the chicken. Serve with the couscous.