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Ingredients
Couscous Chicken Salad with Arugula and Raisins
- Ingredients
- 400 grams instant Couscous
- For the vegetables
- 6 Tomatoes
- 3 scallions
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 bunch Arugula (about 80 grams)
- ½ Oak leaf lettuce
- 2 cooked Chicken breasts (about 150grams)
- 2 Tbsps raisins
- 1 tsp ground cilantro
- Iodized salt
- freshly ground peppers
- 4 Tbsps olive oil
- 3 Tbsps White vinegar
- ½ bunch finely chopped parsley
Pour 400 ml (approximately 1 1/2 cups) boiling water over the couscous, cover, and let soften for 5 minutes. Fluff the couscous with a fork. Rinse tomatoes, halve, remove seeds and chop. Rinse and chop the scallions. Peel garlic and chop finely. Rinse arugula and lettuce, spin dry, and tear into smaller pieces as desired.
Rinse the chicken breasts, pat dry, and chop. Mix tomato, scallion, and garlic with raisins and sprinkle with coriander, salt, and pepper. Add oil, vinegar and 1/2 cup of hot water to the couscous. Add the chicken, tomato mixture and parsley. Place salad leaves around a serving platter and top with the couscous salad.
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 596 cal. | (28 %) | ||
| Protein | 38 g | (39 %) | ||
| Fat | 13 g | (11 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 80 g | (53 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 0 g | (0 %) | ||
| Roughage | 9.4 g | (31 %) |
Healthy, because
IN FORM and the German Society for Nutrition (DGE) have marked this recipe with the logo "Recommended by IN FORM". This logo offers consumers an orientation for a balanced diet. Only healthy recipes that meet all the specified criteria may bear this logo. Further information can be found here.