

Chicken and pistachio couscous salad
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups pearl couscous (see tips)
- 2 cups shredded cooked skinless chicken
- 1 cup shredded carrot
- ¹⁄³ cup roasted capsicum strips in brine, drained, chopped
- ½ cup fresh coriandercilantroX
- 1 red onion, halved, thinly sliced
- 1 long green chilli, thinly sliced
- 60g baby rocketarugulaX leaves
- ½ cup low-fat plain yoghurt
- 2 tablespoons reduced-fat hummus
- 2 preserved lemons, rind only, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons pistachio kernels, finely chopped
- sumac, to sprinkle (see tips)
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Instructions
1 Cook couscous in a medium saucepan of boiling water for 8 minutes, or until tender. Drain couscous and refresh under cold water. Transfer to a large bowl.
2 Add the chicken, the carrot, capsicum, coriander, onion, the chilli and rocket; toss ingredients to combine.
3 Whisk the yoghurt, hummus and 1 tablespoon of water in a small jug. Spoon couscous salad onto serving plates and drizzle with the hummus dressing. Top with the preserved lemon and pistachio. Sprinkle with sumac.
HFG tip
Pearl couscous – also known as Israeli couscous – is made from semolina and can be used in place of pasta
You can find sumac in the spice aisle in most supermarkets or order it online.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 430cal
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Kilojoules 1809kJ
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Protein 34g
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Total fat 8.5g
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–Saturated fat 1.9g
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Carbohydrates 50.2g
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–Sugars 8.1g
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Dietary fibre 7.0g
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Sodium 474mg
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Calcium 136mg
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Iron 2.7mg
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