Greek Chicken, Herby Vegetable Cous Cous and Tzatziki

Gorgeous greek chicken with herby vegetable couscous & tzatziki

Fresh Mediterranean flavours

Greek Chicken, Herby Vegetable Cous Cous and Tzatziki

15 mins

Super easy

serves 4

nutrition per serving

464

Calories


12g

Fat


3g

Saturates


11.8g

Sugars


37.3g

Protein


53.9g

Carbs


of an adult’s reference intake


Recipe From

Jamie's 15-Minute Meals

Jamie's 15-Minute Meals

By Jamie Oliver

Ingredients

For the couscous

1 mug (300g) of couscous

2 mixed-colour peppers

1 fresh red chilli

4 spring onions

½ a bunch of fresh dill

200g podded raw or frozen peas

1 small handful of black olives (stone in)

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

40g feta cheese

For the chicken

2 x 200g skinless higher-welfare chicken breasts

1 heaped teaspoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon ground allspice

1 lemon

olive oil

For the tzatziki

½ a cucumber

250g fat-free natural yoghurt

½ a lemon

½ a bunch of fresh mint

Method

I love this combo of spicy chicken, veg-packed couscous and cool, minty, cucumber yoghurt

  1. Ingredients out • Kettle boiled • Large frying pan, medium-high heat • Food processor (bowl blade)
  2. START COOKING
  3. Put 1 mug of couscous and 2 mugs of boiling water into a bowl with a small pinch of salt and cover • On a large sheet of greaseproof paper, toss the chicken with salt, pepper, the oregano, allspice and finely grated lemon zest • Fold over the paper, then bash and flatten the chicken to 1.5cm thick with a rolling pin • Put into the frying pan with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, turning after 3 or 4 minutes, until golden and cooked through
  4. Using a box grater, coarsely grate the cucumber • Sprinkle it with a small pinch of salt, then squeeze and scrunch with clean hands to get rid of the excess salty water • Pop in a bowl with the yoghurt, juice of ½ a lemon and a pinch of pepper, finely chop and add the top leafy half of the mint, then mix together • Remove the stalk and seeds from the peppers and chilli, then pulse in the processor with the trimmed spring onions and the dill until finely chopped • Scatter over a large tray or platter
  5. Add the peas to the veg (if using frozen peas, blanch them in boiling water for a couple of minutes first), destone and tear over the olives, then squeeze over the juice of the zested lemon and add the extra virgin olive oil • Fluff up and scatter over the couscous, toss well and season to taste • Move the cooked chicken to a board, slice it up, then lay it around the couscous • Crumble over the feta and serve with the tzatziki

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