Easy, Quick Summer Recipes: Chicken With Couscous Salad

Chicken with Couscous Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 200g couscous
• 1 red pepper cut into chunks
• 4 spring onions, sliced
• 50g raisins
• 300ml hot chicken stock (1 tsp powder in 1 cup boiling water)
• 2 tbsp nuts toasted, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seedsJuice and grated rind of 1 lemon
• 2 cooked chicken breasts or thighs, sliced
• 4 handfuls salad leaves, cucumber chunks, tomato pieces

Preparation:

1. Place the couscous, pepper, onion, raisins in heat proof bowl.
2. Pour boiling chicken stock over. Cover and leave 10 minutes.
3. Fluff couscous with a fork.Stir in nuts and lemon juice.
4. Season and serve with sliced chicken, and salad greens.

Note: you can replace chicken with tuna, or salmon, or chickpeas.