Lemon Chicken Salad

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 chicken breast fillets, without skin, cut into pieces
• 225 g couscous
• 4 spring onions, trimmed and finely chopped
• 2 large tomatoes, deseeded and chopped
• 1/4 cucumber, chopped
• 3 tablespoons mint, chopped
• 3 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 mix a tbsp of lemon juice with a tbsp of olive oil and season. toss the chicken in it until well coat. set aside for 15 minutes. meanwhile, pu the couscous in a bowl and pour on 450 ml boiling water. cover with cling film and leave for 15 minutes.
• 2 heat 1 tbsp of oil in a non stick frying pan and cook the chicken over a medium heat turning occasionally for about 10 minutes or until cooked through. pat the chicken dry with kitchen paper.
• 3 add the remaining lemon juice and oil to the couscous and fluff up with a fork. gently mix in the spring onions, tomatoes, cucumber, mint and parsley and season well with salt and pepper. serve with the lemon chicken.