Pomegranate Chicken with Baharat Sweet Potatoes

Name: Pomegranate Chicken with Baharat Sweet Potatoes
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 8 (5- to 7-ounce), bone-in chicken thighs, trimmed; 2½ teaspoons, table salt, divided; 1 pound, sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into ½-inch pieces; 2¼ cups, water, divided; 1 teaspoon, baharat; 3 tablespoons, pomegranate molasses; ½ cup, pomegranate seeds; 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1⅔ cups, couscous; ¼ cup, fresh mint leaves, torn

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By Jackie Gochenouer

Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2023

Pomegranate seeds add fresh, juicy pops and reinforce the pomegranate flavor in this dish of glazed chicken and sweet potatoes with couscous.

SERVES4

TIME45 minutes

Pomegranate Chicken with Baharat Sweet Potatoes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Baharat and pomegranate molasses added earthy spice and tangy sweetness to these skillet-roasted sweet potatoes and chicken. Cutting the sweet potatoes into small pieces ensured that they cooked through in the same time as the chicken thigh...

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