Harissa chicken and couscous salad

Name: Harissa chicken and couscous salad
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts; 1 tbsp rose harissa; 100g couscous; 1 red onion finely chopped; 1 red pepper diced; ½ cucumber diced; ½ a small bunch flat-leaf parsley torn; ½ a small bunch coriander torn; a small handful hazelnuts toasted and roughly chopped; 2 preserved lemons rind finely chopped, flesh and pith discarded; 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 1 lemon juiced

Published: March 26, 2019 at 3:00 PM

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Serves 2

Easy

Total time: 35 mins

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This easy chicken dish comes with punchy harissa and couscous salad in a zesty preserved lemon dressing – ideal for an everyday dinner for two

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Ingredients

Nutrition

2 chicken breasts
1 tbsp rose harissa
100g couscous
1 red onion

finely chopped
1 red pepper

diced
½ cucumber

diced
½ a small bunch flat-leaf parsley

torn
½ a small bunch coriander

torn
a small handful hazelnuts

toasted and roughly chopped

DRESSING

2 preserved lemons

rind finely chopped, flesh and pith discarded
4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 lemon

juiced

Nutrition: per serving

kcal750
fat36.9g
saturates5.2g
carbs51.3g
sugars11g
fibre7.6g
protein49.3g
salt0.3g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Put the chicken breasts onto a baking-paper-lined tray, season and brush all over with the harissa. Roast for 20 minutes until charred and cooked through.
step 2

Put the couscous into a bowl with a pinch of salt and pour over 200ml of just-boiled water. Cover and leave for 10 minutes, then fluff up with a fork.
step 3

Combine the dressing ingredients in a small bowl and season.
step 4

Tip the onion, pepper, cucumber and herbs into the couscous, with ¾ of the dressing, then mix really well. Divide between 2 plates, top each with a sliced chicken breast and a sprinkle of hazelnuts. Spoon over the rest of the dressing.

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