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Grape, Chicken & Pearl Couscous Salad

Here's how you make Grape, Chicken & Pearl Couscous Salad
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 10m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 cup dry couscous (pearl, 200 grams)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 (120 gram) chicken breast fillets
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1/2 bunch celery (yellow leaves reserved, thinly sliced diagonally)
  • 1 cup white grapes (175 grams halved)
  • 1/2 cup red grapes (190 grams halved)
  • 1/3 cup walnuts (35 grams toasted coarsely chopped)
  • 100 grams reduced-fat feta (crumbled)
  • 1 whole lemon (zested and juiced)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Cook couscous in a saucepan of salted boiling water for 5 to 6 minutes or until tender.

  • Step 2: Refresh under cold running water and then drain.

  • Step 3: Meanwhile, heat 1 teaspoon of the oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium heat.

  • Step 4: Sprinkle chicken with cumin and season with salt and pepper and cook for 4 minutes each side or until golden brown and cooked through and then transfer to a plate, cover with foil and set aside to cool.

  • Step 5: Coarsely shred the chicken and place in a bowl with the couscous, celery and celery leaves, grapes, walnut and feta.

  • Step 6: Whisk lemon juice and remaining oil in bowl and season with salt and pepper and drizzle over the salad and toss to combine.

  • Step 7: Serve sprinkled with lemon zest.


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