One-Pan Moroccan Chicken & Couscous
with Pistachios & Lemon Garlic Crema
- Tree Nuts
- Wheat
We’re all about that sauce, baby, and this North African–inspired meal has it in spades. The base of the skillet dinner is a saucy couscous simmered with carrots, onions, and dried apricots—for that craveable sweet-savory combo. Then there’s plenty of garlicky, lemon crema to drizzle over the Tunisian-spiced chicken. A scattering of crunchy pistachios at the end provides a delightful textural contrast. Moroccan? More like Mo’rockin!
Ingredients
3 ounce
Carrot
1 unit
Onion
4 tablespoon
Sour Cream
½ ounce
Pistachios
(Contains: Tree Nuts)
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 unit
Lemon
1 ounce
Dried Apricots
1 unit
Tomato
10 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
¾ cup
Israeli Couscous
(Contains: Wheat)
1 tablespoon
Tunisian Spice Blend
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Halve, peel, and dice onion into ½-inch pieces. Trim, peel, and halve carrot lengthwise; thinly slice crosswise. Dice tomato into ½-inch pieces.
• Pat chicken* dry with paper towels. Season all over with half the Tunisian Spice (you’ll use the rest in the next step), salt, and pepper. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken and sear until browned, 2-3 minutes per side (it’ll finish cooking later). TIP: Lower heat if chicken begins to brown too quickly. • Remove from pan and set aside.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrot, half the garlic powder (you’ll use the rest later), remaining Tunisian Spice, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 4-6 minutes.
• Stir couscous, apricots, stock concentrate, 2 cups water (4 cups for 4 servings), and ½ tsp salt (1 tsp for 4) into pan with veggies. Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium; place chicken in the center of pan. Cook, covered, until chicken is cooked through, couscous is tender, and liquid is mostly absorbed, 6-8 minutes TIP: For thinner chicken cutlets, check doneness after 5 minutes; remove if cooked through. Check on couscous periodically; if liquid evaporates before it’s done, add splashes of water as needed. Or, if you end up with any excess liquid, remove chicken, then increase heat to medium high and continue cooking until excess liquid evaporates.
• Meanwhile, zest and quarter lemon. Roughly chop pistachios. • In a small bowl, combine sour cream, remaining garlic powder, a squeeze of lemon juice, and a pinch of lemon zest. Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
• Remove chicken from pan; set aside to rest. • Stir tomato, 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings), and a squeeze of lemon juice into pan with couscous. Taste and season with salt and pepper. • Slice chicken crosswise. • Divide couscous between plates; top with chicken. Drizzle sauce over chicken. Garnish with pistachios and as much lemon zest as you like. Serve with any remaining lemon wedges on the side.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the unique Moroccan-inspired spices and blend of sweet and savory flavors; some found it too sweet or bland.
- Ease of prep: Customers appreciated the simple one-pan cooking method, though a few felt it had too many steps.
- Suggestions: Consider adding more vegetables, especially carrots; some preferred less couscous and more chicken for better balance.
- Leftovers: The couscous made great leftovers for lunch, but a few found it didn't reheat well.
- Texture: Several enjoyed the varied textures, particularly the crunchy pistachios, though some disliked the couscous consistency.
Reviews from our home cooks
Love this! And, best of all, you get gourmet flavors with one-pan cooking! The one pan recipe is brilliant. Thank you! (It has the added bonus of keeping the chicken very moist)
Moroccan spices on the chicken were delicious and finishing it in the couscous made it super moist. Loved the brightness from the crema and lemon zest!
Outstanding dish. Love the quality of all the ingredients, and the combination of the garlic crema/chicken/couscous was certainly delicious. Probably our favorite dish yet!
Very good and liked the ease of cooking the couscous in the pan with veggies.
Weekday dinner easy and the crema and pistachios on top made the dish feel fancy
Really appreciated the One-Pan nature of this dish, I wish there were more one-pan options! Very flavorful too.
Hubby didn't love this one, but I did. The spices and fruit made a great taste combination. I loved the one-pan as well.
Added pistachios to couscous while cooking turned out great. Add one more yogurt packet to increase tasty sauce
The dish was very tasty and was very good. Not spicy hot, very tasty. Love the garlic/lemony drizzle sauce.
We loved the Moroccan chicken but the couscous wasn't our favorite - we're used to a smaller grain of couscous and I didn't love the texture.
