Dinner ready in 25 minutes! Serve your family with this delicious chicken and couscous salad – perfect if you love Middle Eastern cuisine.
Confetti Chicken and Couscous Salad
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 25 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 box (10 oz) couscous
- 2 cups chopped cooked chicken
- 2 medium carrots, finely chopped (1 1/2 cups)
- 1 medium red bell pepper, finely chopped (1 cup)
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh chives
Dressing
- 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup olive or vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
Instructions
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Step1Prepare couscous according to package directions.
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Step2In large serving bowl, mix chicken, carrot, bell pepper and chives. Add cooked couscous; fluff with fork until well mixed. Cool slightly.
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Step3In tightly covered container, shake all dressing ingredients. Pour over salad; toss gently to coat. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
490
Calories
25g
Total Fat
24g
Protein
41g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 490
- Calories from Fat
- 220
- Total Fat
- 25g
- 38%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 27%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 50mg
- 17%
- Sodium
- 820mg
- 34%
- Potassium
- 340mg
- 10%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 41g
- 14%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 14%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 24g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 90%
- 90%
- Vitamin C
- 30%
- 30%
- Calcium
- 15%
- 15%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
2 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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