Seared chicken thighs with couscous and a spicy charred scallion salsa
Seared chicken thighs with couscous and a spicy charred scallion salsa
Ingredients
Salsa
Chicken and asparagus
Directions
- 1
Place lime juice, brown sugar, and jalapeño in a bowl.
- 2
Cut your green onions in half and char.
- 3
While charring, chop up your cilantro.
- 4
When onions are done, chop and place in lime juice mixture with cilantro, sesame oil, olive oil, and salt.
- 5
Set in fridge.
- 6
Preheat oven to 400.
- 7
Heat avocado oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- 8
Add seasoned chicken thighs skin side down and sear for 5 minutes.
- 9
Flip and sear for another 5 minutes.
- 10
Remove chicken, turn off the heat, and add asparagus to the pan.
- 11
Mix in the left over juices from chicken.
- 12
Add salt and pepper and add chicken thighs back to the pan.
- 13
Place in oven for 15 more minutes to cook chicken through.
- 14
Serve chicken and asparagus over couscous and top with spicy charred scallion salsa and sesame seeds and enjoy
