So my buddy called me talking about "I have a bottle of single Malt Laphroaig whiskey" I said bring it over, we'll enjoy it while watching the game.
I quickly went to my refrigerator for pulled out my emergency dry brined bird. I'll always keep one ready to go ever since I got the PBC.
Fired up the PBC, hang the bird then I realized that I didn't have a side dish.
Went into the pantry, saw a jar of Couscous.
Great, warmed up my Dutch oven, put some ghee, started toasting the Couscous. Poured some chicken stock. Added a pinch of saffron. Brought that to a boil then reduced heat and let it simmer covered.
Now what? Ok, decided to dice some red onions. Looked around in the refrigerator and found some zucchini, diced those. Diced some sweet peppers. Dumped all that mess in a bowl.
Next, need some crunch and sweetness. So I toasted some pine nuts. Grabbed a handful of craisins. Dumped all that in the bowl with the onions.
At this time my couscous was done. I turned off the heat and let the couscous balls soak in all the stock. Dumped that mess in the bowl and mixed it all up. Adding lemon juice, salt and Aleppo peppers as I mixed and taste. Drizzled some olive oil and plated.
My apologies for not writing this as a proper recipe as I was making stuff up as I went along.
Man it was fantastic. We sat down and watched the Seahawks beat the cheese heads while sipping on some whiskey