Sesame Chicken Couscous Salad

Name: Sesame Chicken Couscous Salad
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups chicken broth; 3 teaspoons soy sauce; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 1 cup uncooked couscous; 2 green onions, sliced; 1 large sweet red pepper, chopped (optional); 1 1/2 cups sugar snap peas or 1 1/2 cups snow peas; 3/4 cup broccoli floret; 1 cup cooked chicken, chopped; 1/4 cup lemon juice; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted; 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted

Submitted by Valeria

"This is just a delight for a spring picnic or small potluck. To save time, you can do steps 1-3 the day before and store the couscous in the refrigerator. Almonds, sesame oil and seeds can be easily omited and the oil replaced with olive oil in step 1 (and just omited altogether in step 6)."

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Ingredients:: 14
Serves:: 4

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ cups chicken broth
3 teaspoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 cup uncooked couscous
2 green onions, sliced
1 large sweet red pepper, chopped (optional)
1 ¹⁄₂ cups sugar snap peas or 1 1/2 cups snow peas
³⁄₄ cup broccoli floret
1 cup cooked chicken, chopped
¹⁄₄ cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
¹⁄₄ teaspoon pepper
¹⁄₄ cup slivered almonds, toasted
1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted

directions

In a small saucepan, combine broth, 1 teaspoon soy sauce and 1 teaspoon sesame oil and bring to a boil.
Place couscous in large bowl and stir in boiling broth. Cover and let stand 5-8 minutes. Fluff with fork.
Stir in green onions and red pepper. Cover and refrigerate until chilled.
Steam peas one minute. Add broccoli and steam 2 more minutes or until crisp-tender. Rinse in cold water and drain.
Add chicken, peas and broccoli to couscous.
In a small bowl, combine lemon juice, olive oil, 2 teaspoons soy sauce, pepper and 1 teaspoon sesame oil. Blend into couscous mixture.
Mix in toasted almonds and sesame seeds immediately before serving. Serve chilled or at room temperature.
Variation: Substitute bulgur for couscous. Allow to stand in boiling liquid, covered, for 30 minutes.

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We made this recipe as a cold side dish for a trip to the beach. We omitted the chicken and had broccoli alone. It was wonderful with the toasted almonds and sesame seeds. My kids love couscous and ate this up!!!

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Cheyenne

I am a Spanish teacher and my favorite thing to cook is a slow baked Lima bean casserole with herbs de provence. I also love cooking dairy-free with cashew cream.

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