Name: Chicken and Couscous Salad with Almonds Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil; 1 shallot; ¾ cup couscous; 1 cup chicken stock; 2 tbsp currants; 1 chicken; ½ cup flat leaf parsley leaves; ¼ cup almonds; 3 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice; salt and freshly ground pepper

chicken and couscous salad with almonds recipe

How To Make Chicken and Couscous Salad with Almonds

Sink your teeth into this healthy and filling couscous salad, packed with tender chicken, crunchy almonds, and currants, all tossed in a tangy lemon juice!

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 10 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

¼cupextra virgin olive oil
1shallot
¾cupcouscous
1cupchicken stock,or canned low sodium broth
2tbspdried currants
1chicken,roasted
½cupflat leaf parsley leaves
¼cupalmonds,salted, roasted
3tbsplemon juice,fresh
salt and freshly ground pepper

Instructions

In a small saucepan, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Add the shallot and cook over high heat, for 1 to 2 minutes, until lightly browned.
Stir in the couscous. Add the stock and currants and bring to a boil.
Cover the saucepan, remove from the heat and let stand for 5 minutes.
Fluff the couscous with a fork and transfer it to a large bowl. Add the chicken, parsley, almonds, lemon juice and the remaining 3 tablespoons of olive oil.
Season with salt and pepper, toss well and serve. Enjoy!