Couscous Chicken Salad
Couscous chicken salad. This is a quick and easy to make delicious healthy salad which is perfect as a warm dinner salad or cold packed lunch!
Servings 4
Calories 279kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 125 g couscous
- 180 ml boiling water
- 170 g cooked diced chicken*
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 10 cherry tomatoes quartered.
- 50 g Kalamata olives chopped.
- 2 tablespoon freshly chopped basil
- 2 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Freshly ground salt and black pepper
Instructions
- Place the couscous in a large bowl and pour the boiling water over it and stir. Cover the bowl and leave to stand for about 5 minutes until all the water has been absorbed.
- Meanwhile, whilst the couscous is absorbing all the water, gently heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a frying pan. Add the cooked chicken, paprika and ground coriander and stir around the pan for a couple of minutes until the chicken is well coated with the spices.
- When the couscous is ready fluff it up with a fork to separate all the grains and scrape all of the contents of the chicken pan into the bowl with the couscous.
- Stir the tomatoes, olives, basil, remaining tablespoon olive oil and lemon juice into the couscous mixture. Season to taste with the salt and pepper and serve.
Notes
* Here I just buy frozen pre-cooked chicken breast strips and dice them.
Nutrition
Calories: 279kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 237mg | Potassium: 282mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 567IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg