Honey and chicken couscous
This low cost honey and chicken couscous recipe is seriously delicious! Ready in 25 minutes, great for those busy week night dinners!
Reviewed by our expert panel Serves: 4
Time to make: 25 mins , plus marinating
Total cost: $10.80 / $2.70 per serve
(at time of publication)
Ingredients
- 2 small (250g) skinless chicken breasts
- 1 lemon, juice and used halves cut in wedges
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 ½ cups couscous
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ cups chicken stock made with 1 ½ cups boiling water and 1 teaspoon chicken stock powder
- cooking spray oil
- 2 spring onions, chopped
- ½ cup ready-to-eat dried apricots
- 1 cup canned chickpeas, drained, rinsed
- 2 cups spinach, lightly blanched
Instructions
1 Flatten chicken breasts until doubled in size. Place in a non-metallic dish. Mix lemon juice, honey and oil together. Pour over chicken. Leave to marinate.
2 To prepare couscous, place couscous in a heatproof bowl with cinnamon. Make liquid stock and pour over couscous. Cover with a tight-fitting lid to allow couscous to steam. Leave for 5-6 minutes.
3 Heat a non-stick pan for a few minutes with a little oil spray. Cook chicken for 5-6 minutes each side until lightly golden, adding used lemon wedges in the final few minutes. Cool slightly before cutting chicken in bite-sized pieces.
4 Fluff couscous using a fork. Add chicken with remaining ingredients. Toss lightly. Serve as is or with a reduced-fat salad dressing.
Variations
Flavour couscous with oil or add 1 teaspoon spice such as coriander or cumin before you cook it. Or, once cooked, stir in 1 tablespoon chopped herbs such as coriander or parsley.
See also:
Couscous vegetable and egg salad
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 471cal
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Kilojoules 1970kJ
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Protein 29g
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Total fat 10g
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–Saturated fat 2g
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Carbohydrates 65g
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–Sugars 15g
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Dietary fibre 12g
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Sodium 500mg
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Calcium 210mg
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Iron 4.5mg
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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