Buy an easy-to-slice, rolled deboned chicken with a stuffing of your choice to help make your Christmas cooking less demanding.
Author
blucouscous
Category
Christmas
Date
DECEMBER 21, 2020
Yields
8 Servings
You can easily adapt this salad to your taste. It can be served with a mixed green salad.
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- I/2 tsp curry powder
- 1 ½ cups pearl couscous
- 3 cups hot vegetable stock
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- juice of 1 lemon
- a 400g can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- a 400g can of butter beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 cup of walnuts
- 16 cherry tomatoes halved
- 2 tbsp of finely cut chives
- 3 tbsp chopped parsley
- 4 small oranges, cut into segments or slices
- 8 medium radishes, sliced
- 1Pour 2 tbsp of the lemon olive oil in a non-stick pan. Add curry powder and pearl couscous and stir on medium heat for 20 seconds. Add vegetable stock and season with a little salt and pepper. Bring to a low simmer, cover with a lid and cook on low heat for about 10 minutes.
- 2When cooked, transfer to a tray and spread the couscous briefly, separating the grains with a fork. Once cold, cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
- 3 In a bowl mix remaining 3 tbsp of olive oil with the lemon juice and a little salt and pepper. Add the cooked couscous and gently mix to separate the grains. Gently add the chickpeas, butter beans, walnuts, cherry tomatoes, chives and parsley. Garnish with oranges segments and radish slices.
- 4 Merry Christmas!
