Moroccan Vegetable Couscous with Chicken Chipolatas

Moroccan Vegetable Couscous with Chicken Chipolatas

Ready in 25 minutes Serves 4-5
This dish most recently appeared in My Family (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, December 6, 2015.

A quick and easy mid week chicken and veggie couscous dinner,


Ingredients

MOROCCAN VEGETABLE COUSCOUS

  • 1 1/2 cups couscous
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Moroccan spice mix
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 1/2 cups boiling water
  • 200g green beans
  • 1 capsicum
  • 1 courgette
  • 1/2 cup mint leaves
  • 70g feta cheese, crumbled
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar (e.g. red wine, white wine)

CHICKEN CHIPOLATAS

  • 450g chicken chipolatas

Steps

  1. a full kettle to the boil. Bring a medium pot of salted water to the boil. Preheat BBQ hot plate or grill to medium to high (if using).
  2. Place couscous, salt, Moroccan spice mix and olive oil in a large, heatproof, bowl. Add boiling water, stir then cover with a plate or cling film to steam for 10 minutes. Fluff up grains with a fork.
  3. Trim ends off beans and slice 1cm. Cook in pot of boiling water for 2–3 minutes until just tender, drain, run under cold water to stop cooking, drain again and set aside.
  4. While couscous and beans are cooking, cook sausages. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan (preferably non-stick) on medium to high heat. Cook chipolatas for 5–6 minutes, turning regularly, until browned all over. Alternatively, use BBQ hot plate or grill. Slice chipolatas, 2–4cm, on an angle.
  5. Remove core and seeds from capsicum and dice 1cm; grate courgette; chop mint. Toss couscous with beans and all remaining Moroccan vegetable couscous ingredients. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  6. Moroccan vegetable couscous onto each plate and top with sliced chicken chipolatas.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2205 kj
527 kcal
Protein 26.2g
Carbohydrate 44.1g
Fat 27.2g