Chicken and couscous salad with orange-balsamic dressing
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Boned and skinned chicken breast halves | |
| 10 | ounces | Couscous |
| ½ | cup | Raisins |
| ¼ | cup | Dried cherries |
| ½ | cup | Roasted red peppers; diced |
| 15 | ounces | Garbanzo beans; canned, drained and rinsed |
| ½ | cup | Black olives; diced |
| ¼ | cup | Green onions; chopped |
| ¼ | cup | Cilantro; chopped |
| 1 | cup | Fresh orange juice |
| 3 | tablespoons | Balsamic vinegar |
| 1 | tablespoon | Grated orange peel |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cumin |
Directions
Broil chicken and cut into bite sized chunks. Set aside.
Combine orange juice, balsamic vinegar, grated orange peel and cumin in a small bowl and set aside.
Combine couscous, raisins, and dried cherries in a large bowl and prepare couscous according to package directions.
After couscous is cooked add the remaining ingredients and toss well.
Per serving: 422 Calories; 3g Fat (7% calories from fat); 25g Protein; 74g Carbohydrate; 34mg Cholesterol; 363mg Sodium Recipe by: posted to eat-lf by Joanne McAndrews Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n001 by "Joanne M. McAndrews" <jmca@...> on Jan 2, 1998