Instant couscous with chicken

  

Ingredients

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• 250g Couscous pre-cooked medium grain

• 800g Chicken breasts

• 2Carottes

• 2Courgettes

  
  

• 2 Onions

• 500g Tomatoes

• 5 tbsp. tablespoons olive oil

• 40g Butter

• 0,5 tbsp. coffee Cumin powder

• 1 bay leaf

• 0,5 tbsp. sweet pepper

• 4 sprigs of cilantro

• Harissa

• Calories = Medium

Preparation steps

1. Peel the onions and carrots, then slice them. Cut the courgettes into pieces. Scald the tomatoes, peel them, seed them and chop them.
2. Heat 2 tbsp. tablespoon oil in a sauté pan. Brown the salted chicken breasts for 5 minutes, turning them over. Remove them and add 2 tbsp. of oil in the sauté pan just wiped dry. Brown the onions and carrots for 5 minutes, add the zucchini, continue cooking for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, bay leaf, salt, chilli and cumin.
3. Add the chicken breasts and cook for 15 to 20 minutes covered.
4. Pour the pre-cooked couscous into a fine strainer. Immerse it for 1 minute in a pot of boiling salted water. Drain. Incorporate the butter, fluffing the semolina with a fork.
5. Garnish a hot dish. Add the vegetables and the minced chicken. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve. Present separately a cup of harissa diluted with 1 tbsp. tablespoon olive oil.

Tips and tricks for instant chicken couscous

Even more practical, buy couscous in cooking bags.

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