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Chicken couscous with peas and lemon
Garlic-seared chicken breasts tossed with couscous, green peas, lemon zest, and parsley. A quick meal ready in 25 minutes; serves 4.
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- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Total time
- 25 min
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- Easy
Chicken couscous with peas is a quick lunch: sear pieces of chicken breast with garlic, briefly boil the peas, and toss everything with couscous soaked in hot broth. Lemon zest and parsley add a fresh touch.
Ingredients
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Instructions
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Couscous
5 minPour the hot broth over the couscous, cover, and let stand for 5 minutes to absorb the liquid. Fluff with a fork.
Chicken
10 minPat the chicken dry with a paper towel, cut into pieces, and season with salt and pepper. Sear in 2 tbsp of the oil until golden brown on all sides. Add the chopped garlic and stir briefly.
Peas
3 minBoil the peas in salted water for 3 minutes, then drain.
Combine
Toss the couscous with the chicken, peas, grated lemon zest, juice of half the lemon, remaining oil, and parsley.
Tip: Sear the chicken breasts in a hot skillet in small batches so they brown rather than release their juices.
Nutrition facts
Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients
- Energy
- 556 kcal
- Protein
- 41 g
- Carbohydrates
- 62 g
- of which sugars
- 4.8 g
- Fat
- 15 g
- of which saturates
- 2.5 g
- Fiber
- 7.0 g
- Salt
- 1.9 g
Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.
This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Kuskus s kuracím mäsom, hráškom a citrónom
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