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Pepper chicken with pearl couscous salad

  • Time to make: 30 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 250g pearl couscous
  • 4 medium-sized courgettes, peeled in ribbons
  • 4 chicken breast fillets (about 500g), trimmed
  • 3 teaspoons sweet smoked paprika
  • 3 teaspoons cracked black pepper
  • 1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 cups baby rocket
  • 2 large tomatoes, finely chopped
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Cook couscous in a medium-sized saucepan of boiling water for 8-10 minutes or until tender. Drain then refresh couscous under cold water. Drain again and transfer to a large bowl.

    2 Meanwhile, spray a medium-sized grill pan or barbecue hotplate with oil and set over high heat. Add courgette ribbons to pan. Cook, turning once, for 2-3 minutes or until tender and browned (or marked with grill lines) all over. Transfer courgette ribbons to pearl-couscous bowl.

    3 Slice each chicken breast fillet horizontally through the centre to make 2 thin fillets. Sprinkle fillets with paprika and black pepper. Add chicken to same grill pan set over a high heat and cook each side for 3 minutes or until cooked through.

    4 Meanwhile, add lemon juice, oil, rocket and tomatoes to couscous bowl. Stir to combine.

    5 Divide couscous salad among plates. Top with chicken to serve.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use rice instead of couscous and check paprika is gluten free.

    HFG tip

    Find pearl couscous — also called Israeli couscous — near pasta in supermarkets.

     

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