Looking in the fridge, I realized that I had some cabbage and celery that needed to be used asap. I got out a couple of pieces of chicken and chopped up the red cabbage which was just a quarter of a head and 2 stalks of celery, and one small onion and put them all in my deep frying pan. I really like the chicken stock in paste form from Sam's club and made 1.5 cups of stock with it. Poured some olive oil in the pan first and let it heat up. After it started to steam, I added the stock, salt, a dash of sugar (for the cabbage) and pepper and garlic powder then put the lid on it.
Note: did you know that the leaves of the celery are delicious and make the dish that much more flavorful?? Oh yea!
Anyway, the chicken dish was cooking along and I knew I had to get some sides and a starch for my honey, so I got out some Brussels sprouts that were frozen and put a stick of unsalted butter in the pan and after it melted, put the Brussels sprouts in and let them steam on low heat. Cousus is a great and quick side that provides starch and flavor if you do it right. I always add garlic and butter and some chicken stock while it cooks.
Looking back at the chicken and cabbage cooking, I realized that the whole dish had turned purple, including the chicken! Well, the show must go on and as my better half walked in the door exhausted and sick, I had a warm meal provided for him.
It turned out to be very VERY good!! The chicken was well cooked and moist simmering in the cabbage, and stock, and the couscous was the perfect foundation for the dish. I finished the meal with grating some cheddar cheese on the tender Brussel sprouts and serving them with some bread crumbs as a topping.
Voila! a meal on the fly!!
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