Pesto chicken salad

Name: Pesto chicken salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 50g couscous; 2 tbsp pesto; 2 tbsp fat-free yogurt; 2 cooked skinless chicken breasts; ½ small bunch of basil; ½ cucumber; 2 sundried tomatoes in oil; 2 Little Gem lettuces; 2 tsp toasted pine nuts

Serve this pesto chicken and couscous salad in lettuce leaves for a healthy supper. With added sundried tomatoes and pine nuts, it has lots of texture

Prep

20 min

Cook

0 min

Total

20 min

Servings

Method

Put the couscous in a large heatproof bowl and cover with 100ml boiling water. Stir in 1 tbsp pesto. Cover and leave for 8 mins.

Fluff the couscous with a fork, then stir in the rest of the pesto, the yogurt and some seasoning. Toss in the chicken, basil, cucumber and tomatoes.

Spoon the couscous mix into the lettuce leaves and eat with your fingers, or serve over the lettuce like a salad. Scatter over the pine nuts and more basil before serving.

Nutrition

kcal467 kcal

Protein44 g

Fat15 g

Carbs36 g

Micronutrients

Fiber6 g

Sugars9 g

Saturates2 g

Salt0.6 g

Pesto chicken salad

Serve this pesto chicken and couscous salad in lettuce leaves for a healthy supper. With added sundried tomatoes and pine nuts, it has lots of texture

Prep

20 min

Cook

0 min

Total

20 min

Servings

Method

Put the couscous in a large heatproof bowl and cover with 100ml boiling water. Stir in 1 tbsp pesto. Cover and leave for 8 mins.

Fluff the couscous with a fork, then stir in the rest of the pesto, the yogurt and some seasoning. Toss in the chicken, basil, cucumber and tomatoes.

Spoon the couscous mix into the lettuce leaves and eat with your fingers, or serve over the lettuce like a salad. Scatter over the pine nuts and more basil before serving.

Nutrition

kcal467 kcal

Protein44 g

Fat15 g

Carbs36 g

Micronutrients

Fiber6 g

Sugars9 g

Saturates2 g

Salt0.6 g

Pesto chicken salad

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