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Spicy couscous salad
Spicy couscous salad
A star rating of 4.3 out of 5.19 ratings

This can be made as a main-dish salad (great for lunchboxes) or as a side dish for roast lamb

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal109
  • fat1g
  • saturates0g
  • carbs6g
  • sugars1.6g
  • fibre5g
  • protein19g
  • salt0g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Cover the chicken with cold water, bring to the boil, then cook for 10 mins. Remove from the pan and tear into shreds. Stir together the fish sauce, lime zest, juice and sugar until sugar dissolves.

  • step 2

    Place the leaves and coriander in a container, then top with the chicken, onion, chilli and cucumber. Place the dressing in a separate container and toss through the salad when ready to eat.

RECIPE TIPS
DRESS IT UP

Ginger chicken lettuce cups - Finely chop 2 chicken breasts. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan, cook chicken until golden, then stir in 1 finely chopped lemongrass, 1 tbsp minced ginger and 2 crushed garlic cloves. Cook 1 min more, stir in 2 tbsp fish sauce, juice ½ lime and 2 tsp caster sugar. Cool. Separate the leaves from 2 Little Gem lettuces, then spoon chicken mix into these, scattered with coriander and chopped red chilli.

MAKE IT FOR KIDS

Shred 1 roast chicken breast, toss with 100g salad leaves and chopped cucumber. Mix 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce with a squeeze lime juice and drizzle over.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2009

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A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.38 ratings

rowenam

This was such a tasty salad, I was really pleasantly surprised! I didn’t have fish sauce in the house so I subbed fish sauce for a bit of hoisin, soy, black vinegar and used a little less sugar.

Msbassett

I added slightly more sugar to the fish sauce and added some thinly sliced radish, pepper and crumbled feta.

The fish sauce is quite strong but when it’s mixed with all the other ingredients it works very well.

Jaya Kohli

Must have followed recipe wrong, im not asian yet. Recipe unclear.

Crouton11

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Made a veggie version with Linda McCartney pulled chicken and light soy sauce, and we all loved it. I also added some carrot for crunch. The dressing makes this, and basically you can add it to whatever you like and you’ll have a tasty meal in no time at all.

pomes1

So zingy, one of my favourite salads!

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