See the recipes below for some of the delicious creations you can make with The Bare Bird.
The Bare Bird Chicken Stuffed with Date & Orange Couscous
Serves: 4
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Traditional The Bare Bird Chicken Bastilla with Cumin Eggplant Skewers
Serves: 4
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Eggplant Skewers
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Spicy Lime & Pineapple Chicken Skewers
Serves: 4
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Servings
4
Prep time
Cook time
Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 whole The Bare Bird chicken
- 3 tbsp ghee
- Salt & black pepper
- Pinch saffron threads
- ½ cup boiling water
- 1 cup uncooked couscous
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 6 fresh dates, roughly chopped
- ½ cup roasted almond flakes
- Juice & zest 1 orange
- Juice & zest 1 lemon
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp chopped fresh mint
- ½ cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
Method
- Pre-heat oven to 190°C.
- Rub whole chicken with mixture of ghee, salt and pepper.
- Place saffron threads in ½ cup boiling water.
- Place couscous in bowl with garlic, dates, almonds, orange juice and zest and lemon juice and zest.
- Pour saffron-infused water over all dry ingredients, mix well and cover for 15 mins. Remove cover and fluff with hands or fork.
- Add olive oil and chopped herbs and season well.
- Stuff chicken with couscous mixture and secure legs with string and toothpicks before placing in roasting dish. Roast for 1½ hours until cooked and golden.
- Remove from oven and rest for 10 mins before serving.
- Best served with roasted pumpkin and a crisp salad of radicchio.
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