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Shortcut Chicken & Couscous Salad
15-MIN MEAL
Air Fryer Friendly
Shortcut Chicken & Couscous Salad

with Creamy Pesto Dressing & Lime

10 min
Difficulty: 1/3
Mediterranean

Everything about this salad is fresh and tasty. The crisp, couscous salad packs a punch from the kalamata olives and is ready to welcome crumbed chicken to your table. The creamy pesto dressing gives it that extra aromatic kick and brings all the flavours together!

Utensils

Large Non-Stick Pan

Tags

Quick
Dinner-bowls
Quick Prep
Easy
Prepped in 10
Super Quick
Air Fryer Easy
Air Fryer Friendly
Mediterranean
Ingredients
Chicken breast

Chicken breast

330 g

Couscous

Couscous

1 packet

Vegetable Stock Pot

Vegetable Stock Pot

1 sachet

Baby spinach leaves

Baby spinach leaves

1 packet

Snacking tomatoes

Snacking tomatoes

1 packet

Creamy Pesto Dressing

Creamy Pesto Dressing

0.5 packet

Trimmed Green Beans

Trimmed Green Beans

1 packet

Lime

Lime

1

Kalamata olives

Kalamata olives

1 packet

Preparation
1
Cook the couscous

• Boil the kettle.
• To a medium heatproof bowl, add couscous and stock concentrate.
• Add the boiling water(see ingredients) and stir to combine. Immediately cover with a plate and leave for 5 minutes.
• Fluff up with a fork and set aside. 

2
Cook the chicken

• Meanwhile, set air fryer to 200°C. Place your hand flat on top of chicken breast and slice through horizontally to make two thin steaks.

• Place chicken into the air fryer basket and cook until cooked through (when no longer pink inside), 15-18 minutes.

• Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Season with salt and pepper. 

TIP: No air fryer? Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat with a drizzle of olive oil. Cook chicken steaks until cooked through, 3-6 minutes each side (cook in batches if your pan is getting crowded). Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Season with salt and pepper.

3
Toss the salad

• While the fish is cooking, slice lime into wedges and halve snacking tomatoes. 
• In a large microwave-safe bowl, add trimmed green beans and a splash of water, then cover with a damp paper towel. Microwave on high until just tender, 2-4 minutes. Drain green beans.
• To the bowl with couscous, add green beans, snacking tomatoes, baby spinach leaves, kalamata olives, a good squeeze of lime juice and a drizzle of olive oil.
• Season to taste and toss to combine. 

4
Finish & serve

• Divide olive couscous salad between bowls and top with chicken. 

• Drizzle over creamy pesto dressing.
• Serve with any remaining lime wedges. Enjoy! 

Nutrition per serving

2330

kJ

Energy (kJ)

556

kcal

Calories

22.7

g

Fat

2.9

g

of which saturates

40.3

g

Carbohydrate

4.2

g

of which sugars

6.8

g

Dietary Fibre

45.5

g

Protein

0

mg

Cholesterol

747

mg

Sodium

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