Lemon and Caper Oven Baked Chicken Thighs with Lemon and Rosemary Cous Cous
Step 1: Combine the ingredients for the marinade in a medium sized bowl. Place the chicken thighs in the bowl and leave covered to marinate for at least one hour.
Step 2: Preheat oven to 200C
Step 3: Remove the chicken from the marinade and pat dry. Place a tablespoon of Extra Virgin Olive Oil in a medium size pan and pan fry the chicken thighs skin side down until brown and then place on a baking tray skin side up.
Step 4: Pour the marinade over the top of the chicken thighs and place in the oven for six minutes or until the skin of the chicken in brown and crispy, and chicken is cooked through with an internal temperature of 80C.
Step 5: Remove chicken from the pan and place onto a plate to rest covered while you make the cous cous. Reserve pan juices with lemons and capers.
Step 6: To make the cous cous, place the chicken stock into a medium sized pot over a high heat. Once the stock has come to the boil add the salt and remove from the heat and allow to cool for two minutes. Pour in the cous cous and stir well.
Step 7: Cover the pot with a lid and allow to stand for ten minutes, by this time all the stock should be absorbed. Stir with a fork and then tip onto a large tray. Spread cous cous on the tray and allow to cool, breaking up any large lumps.
Step 8: Meanwhile place the lemon juice, zest and rosemary into a large mixing bowl. Add the cous cous, which should be only just warm and mix together. Add the Extra Virgin Olive Oil and lemon juice and mix together well so that the dressing is coating all of the cous cous, then season to taste.
Step 9: Warm through pan juices, lemon and capers and serve the rested chicken with the lemon cous cous.
Step 10: Garnish with roughly chopped flat leaf parsley, celery leaves and thyme flowers