{"id":191,"date":"2010-03-28T15:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T22:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waffledaily.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/28\/saturday-night-special-braised-chicken-w-dates"},"modified":"2011-05-29T09:22:31","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T16:22:31","slug":"saturday-night-special-braised-chicken-w-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/saturday-night-special-braised-chicken-w-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night Special: Braised Chicken w\/ Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/waffledaily.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/cumulusfreekahsalad.jpg\"><img class=\"lazyload_inited\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/waffledaily.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/cumulusfreekahsalad.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Cumulus&#8217; Cracked Wheat and Freekeh Salad<\/span><\/div>\n<p>One of our best meals on our trip to AUS\/NZ last fall was at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cumulusinc.com.au\/\">Cumulus<\/a> in Melbourne. Sort of a shared plates concept, one of the dishes we had a was tabbouleh-like salad, with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freekeh\">freekeh<\/a>, bulghur, mint, parsley, almonds and barberries, garnished with dollops of creme fraiche. And it&#8217;s actually quite easy to make (despite the ridiculous procedure described in this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gourmettraveller.com.au\/cracked-wheat-and-freekah-salad-with-barberry-dressing.htm\">recipe<\/a>). Israeli couscous and dried cranberries stand in for the freekeh and barberries in my version.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been looking for an excuse to make the freekeh salad all winter, and when I stumbled on this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/recipe\/braised-chicken-with-dates\">braised chicken with dates<\/a> from an episode of Everyday Food this week, I knew I had my match. The chicken does takes a little over an hour to make &#8212; so it&#8217;s not necessarily a weekday recipe, but it&#8217;s worth it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/waffledaily.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/chickenwithdatescumulussalad2.jpg\"><img class=\"lazyload_inited\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/waffledaily.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/chickenwithdatescumulussalad2.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Messy plating, but I was too hungry to bother!<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Tip: The addition of 1\/4 t. of cayenne adds a wonderfully warm counterpoint to the sweetness of the dates without making the sauce fiery hot.<\/p><!-- Start GADSWPV-3.6 --><center><div id=\"ga_29466488\"> <\/div><div style=\"text-align:right; width:300px; padding:5px 0;\">\r\n   <img class=\"lazyload_inited\" src=\"https:\/\/bcdn.grmtas.com\/images\/gourmetads-logo.jpg\" alt=\"logo\" style=\"float:right; border:none;\" \/>\r\n   <div style=\"width:auto; padding:4px 5px 0 0; float:right; display:inline-block; font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color:#333;\">\r\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gourmetads.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Food Advertisements\" style=\"text-decoration:none; color:#333;\">Food Advertisements<\/a> by\r\n   <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/center><!-- End GADSWPV-3.6 -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cumulus&#8217; Cracked Wheat and Freekeh Salad One of our best meals on our trip to AUS\/NZ last fall was at Cumulus in Melbourne. Sort of a shared plates concept, one of the dishes we had a was tabbouleh-like salad, with freekeh, bulghur, mint, parsley, almonds and barberries, garnished with dollops of creme fraiche. And it&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-course","tag-chicken"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Saturday Night Special: Braised Chicken w\/ Dates - DailyWaffle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michelle\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/saturday-night-special-braised-chicken-w-dates\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/saturday-night-special-braised-chicken-w-dates\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michelle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/#\/schema\/person\/699f5bbc3243018b1b4177972fd4c932\"},\"headline\":\"Saturday Night Special: Braised Chicken w\/ Dates\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-03-28T22:09:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-05-29T16:22:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/saturday-night-special-braised-chicken-w-dates\/\"},\"wordCount\":188,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/saturday-night-special-braised-chicken-w-dates\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/cumulusfreekahsalad.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"chicken\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Main Course\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/saturday-night-special-braised-chicken-w-dates\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/saturday-night-special-braised-chicken-w-dates\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/saturday-night-special-braised-chicken-w-dates\/\",\"name\":\"Saturday Night Special: Braised Chicken w\/ Dates - 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