This is a healthy weekday favorite for us, adapted from www.myrecipes.com
For the salad:
1 1/4 C. chicken stock
1 Box uncooked couscous
1 1/2 C. chicken, cubed (about 2 breasts, grilled with olive oil, salt and pepper). *to make it quicker and more flavorful, sometimes I just buy a roast chicken at the store and use that. The roast chicken absorbs the dressing more though, so I tend to increase the couscous to more than one box and double the dressing.
1/2 C. green onion, sliced
1/4 red onion, diced
1/2 C. frozen corn, thawed
1/2 cucumber, seeded, peeled, and chopped
1/4 C. fresh cilantro, chopped (recipe calls for parsley but we prefer cilantro)
*Add any other ingredients, it's a flexible dish and we always play with it a bit.
For the dressing:
1/4 C. white wine vinegar
1 1/2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. salt
Ground black pepper
1 garlic clove, minced
To prepare the dressing: Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and whisk.
To prepare the salad:
1. Boil chicken stock in a small saucepan, store in couscous. When stock returns to a boil, cover, remove from heat and leave for 5 minutes. When finished, fluff with a fork.
2. Spoon cooked couscous into a large bowl and cool slightly. *I like to do this first so the couscous can cool while I work on the rest of the salad.
3. Add chicken, green and red onion, corn, cucumber, and cilantro.
4. Drizzle dressing over salad and toss gently to combine.
This sounds fantastic! I will definitely give it a try! Thanks Sash! Love ya!
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