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Chicken salad with couscous and oranges
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Chicken salad with couscous and oranges

9 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 2 openrecipes
Chicken salad with couscous and oranges

Use up leftover roast chicken in this simple and healthy chicken salad.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

542
Calories
39g
Protein
18g
Fat
57g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Couscous 1 cup cooked (157g) 176
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Chives 1 tbsp (3g) 1
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Meat not in our table 0
Pea Shoots not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 large handfuls couscous
  • 1 lemon
  • 3 oranges
  • couple glugs fruity olive oil
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • handful chicken meat from a leftover organic roast chicken
  • handful chopped fresh chives
  • handful fresh basil
  • handful pea shoots

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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