Cockerels stuffed with couscous

Cockerels stuffed with couscous
Cockerels are young male chickens that weigh between 300 and 500 grams, because their meat is so tender, they are cooked entirely. Here are the ingredients you are going to need:
Ingredients
  • 2 cockerels (500 g each)
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil
  • Salt to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
  • 1/2 turmeric
  • Water
  • Roasted almonds (for decoration)
  • Now here are the ingredients for the couscous:
  • 1 small bowl of steamed couscous
  • 2 tablespoons raisins, soaked for ten minutes
  • 3 tablespoons toasted almonds, crushed
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • Two teaspoons of olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon of gum Arabic
  • 1 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
  1. Now for the preparation:
  2. In a cooking pot, we are going to first cook the cockerels.
  3. Add the onion, oil, salt, and the other spices and stir to mix everything
  4. Then, on medium heat, make sure the onions are slightly cooked and tender, and then add your cockerels.
  5. Keep stirring gently in order to make the meat absorb some of the spices and onions flavors.
  6. Then, cover with water and close the lid.
  7. Cooking time depends highly on the birds’ quality, but in general, the flesh should still be moist little.
  8. Now, let’s see how to prepare the couscous:
  9. In a saucepan, add the raisins, four tablespoons of warm water, spices and sugar and cook for 10 to 15 minutes, until all the water has evaporated and the raisins are tender and well cooked.
  10. In a large mixing bowl, add your warm couscous and then add to it the almonds and the cooked raisins with their sauce.
  11. Mix it very well while making sure you do not change the crumbly texture of couscous.
  12. Now, take your cockerels and stuff them with the couscous and the reason mixtrue.
  13. Spread them with butter and put them on a baking sheet in the oven at medium heat for twenty-five minutes.
  14. You can keep them more if you are not satisfied with the color.

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