I have to admit up-front that I took some creative liberties with this recipe before trying it as printed. I made the (incorrect) assumption that the recipe had chicken in it, when in fact it calls for artichokes. Those two are close, right?
The recipe that I made was good. Not great. Not awful. Just good. I don’t know if it would be better or worse with artichokes, to be honest. I will have to give it a go and report back, or someone out there can try it and let us all know.
I had two major problems with this recipe. I generally don’t like soupy dishes, so when I saw how much liquid was in the pan as I added the couscous, I knew it was not going to be to my liking. I upped the couscous from ½ cup to a whole box. As you can see in the picture it ended up being more like a stew than a soup. If you don’t mind brothy dishes, stick with the ½ cup of couscous.
I also found that this dish was like wine – it got better with age. When I opened this up at work two days later, it was delicious. The flavors had mixed and sharpened. It was almost a different dish entirely. This might be a good one to throw together on Sunday evening and have Tuesday night for dinner.
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