Author
blucouscous
Category
LOW GI
Date
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Yields
4 Servings
Ingredients
- 500 g deboned chicken thigh meat, trimmed of fat
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 2 tsp chilli paste
- 1tbsp olive oil
- I slice short-cut bacon diced
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1/2 tsp curry powder
- 300 g green beans, cooked
- 1 avocado, peeled and diced
- 8 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 banana, sliced
- a handful of green salad leaves
- a few sprigs of coriander
- 2 Cups couscous
- 1Cut the chicken meat into 1 cm slices and toss it with the cumin, paprika, turmeric, chilli paste and 1/2 tbsp olive oil.
- 2Bring 3 cups of water to the boil in a saucepan and cook the pearl couscous for 10 minutes. Drain and refresh under the tap.
- 3 Heat a non-stick frypan. Stir in the bacon, then add the chicken pieces and cook for about 4 minutes on each side until cooked.
- 4 In a large bowl, mix together the garlic, lemon juice, curry powder and remaining olive oil.
- 5 Toss the pearl couscous in the dressing, then add the cooked beans, diced avocado, halved cherry tomatoes, banana and green leaves
- 6 Serve on 4 plates topped with the chicken and coriander leaves.
