

Dukkah chicken with warm couscous salad and tzatziki
Dukkah adds a tasty mix of seeds and spices to succulent chicken. Served with roasted pumpkin, tzatziki, and couscous, it's definitely a meal for your favourites folder.
Serves: 4
Time to make: 30 mins
Total cost: $28.80 / $7.20 per serve
(at time of publication)
Ingredients
Units: Metric | Imperial (US)
- spray oil
- 400g pumpkin, peeled, thinly sliced
- 2 large (500g) chicken breast fillets, halved horizontally
- ¼ cup dukkah
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup wholemeal couscous
- 1 ⅓ cups boiling water
- 250g punnet cherry tomatoes, chopped or 2 tomatoes, diced
- 3 cups baby spinach
- ¾ cup tzatziki
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Instructions
- Spray a large non-stick frying pan with oil and set over medium-high heat. Add pumpkin and cook, turning, for 5 minutes, or until charred and tender. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
- Sprinkle chicken evenly with dukkah. In the same frying pan, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and set over medium-high heat. Cook chicken for 3–4 minutes on each side, or until cooked through. Remove from pan and thickly slice.
- Meanwhile, in a heatproof bowl combine couscous and boiling water. Cover and stand for about 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork to separate grains. Add tomatoes and spinach then stir gently to combine.
- Serve chicken on warm couscous salad with pumpkin on the side, then drizzle with tzatziki.
Variations
If you can’t fine wholemeal couscous, use plain.
Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free couscous and check dukkah and tzatziki are gluten free.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 500cal
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Kilojoules 2090kJ
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Protein 40g
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Total fat 19g
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–Saturated fat 5g
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Carbohydrates 40g
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–Sugars 10g
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Dietary fibre 6g
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Sodium 330mg
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Calcium 160mg
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Iron 3.5mg
Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.
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