Spicy Chicken with Dates and Butternut Squash

I received this email from my dear friend, Sarah.  I love her style, and this recipe!

 

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So I've made this recipe a 100 times and as I was making it tonight I thought, shit, Mel could make this for uprocessed october if she makes her own chicken stock. So I hop on rachelrayshow.com where I got the recipe off 3 years ago, but its no longer there. So that bitch is making me type it out to you.

Spicy Chicken with Dates and Butternut Squash

1 butternut squash seeded, peeled and cut into bite sized pieces.

4 TB Extra virgin olive oil

Salt and Pepper

2 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts and thighs, chopped

1 large onion sliced

12 dried pitted dates, coursely chopped (1 cup)

1 TB ground cumin

1 TB ground coriander

1 TB ground turmeric

1 bay leaf

1 cinnamon stick

3 TB flour

3 cups chicken stock

 

Oven at 400, put butternut squash on baking sheet, drizzle 2 TB oil, salt, and pepper, roast for 1/2 hour.

 

While squash is cooking, place a large deep skillet over med high heat. 2 TB of oil. Add chicken, salt and pepper. Cook until golden brown and almost cooked through 6-7 minutes.

 

Add onion, dates, spices, bay leaf, and cinnamon stick. Cook until onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle the flour over the pan and cook for another minute. Then add chicken stock, bring to a bubble.

 

Reduce to medium and simmer until thickened.

 

Discard bayleaf and cinnamon stick. Add squash.

 

It says to serve with coucus, but I know you can't really eat that with the cleanse you are doing. Its good by itself. Or you could roast veggies and put it over that.

 

Enjoy!