Mediterranean Chicken and Couscous
Recipe: #3861
January 04, 2012
Categories: Chicken, Couscous Mediterranean, Romantic Dinner, Boneless Pieces, more
"From a Near East booklet. A fairly easy gourmet tasting dish. We thought the pine nuts were bitter, which was disappointing since they are so expensive. I'll leave them out next time I make the dish."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (349.9 g)
- Calories 674.7
- Total Fat - 21.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.3 g
- Cholesterol - 48.6 mg
- Sodium - 1278.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 101.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.6 g
- Sugars - 55.9 g
- Protein - 18.9 g
- Calcium - 86.9 mg
- Iron - 1.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 11.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add chicken and garlic and cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently or until the chicken is no longer pink. Add the spinach during the last 1-2 minutes of cooking chicken.
Step 2
Stir in water, tomatoes, red pepper flakes, and spice pack from couscous. Bring to a boil. Stir in couscous. Cover and remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes.
Step 3
Stir with a fork to fluff couscous. Stir in feta cheese and pine nuts if using. Serve.
Tips
No special items needed.