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No-cook chicken couscous

Name: No-cook chicken couscous
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100g plain couscous; 100g frozen peas; 200ml boiling hot stock chicken or vegetable; 200g packet cooked chicken fillets; 1 large tomato chopped; 1 tbsp olive oil; squeeze of lemon juice about a teaspoonful

A super-healthy dish that's ready in minutes and just as good hot or cold. It counts as one of your 5-a-day

25 min total 2 315 cal

Ingredients

2 serv.

100g plain couscous
100g frozen peas
200ml boiling hot stock chicken or vegetable
200g packet cooked chicken fillets
1 large tomato chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
squeeze of lemon juice about a teaspoonful

Instructions

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1 Tip the couscous into a heatproof bowl with the peas. Pour over the hot stock, cover with a plate to keep the heat in, and soak for 5 minutes.
2 Tear the chicken into good bite-sized strips, then toss half of it on top of the soaked couscous. Mix in with the chopped tomato, then moisten and flavour with the olive oil and lemon juice. Season to your taste – you probably won’t need to add any salt, just some pepper. Divide between two plates and top with the rest of the chicken strips. Drizzle over a little extra olive oil and it’s all ready to serve.