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Loaded couscous with chicken breasts and béarnaise sauce
Photo: Lily Banse

Loaded couscous with chicken breasts and béarnaise sauce

20 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 2 openrecipes

Couscous packed with roasted peppers, olives, lemon zest and harissa, and served with simply fried chicken and an easy béarnaise sauce.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

678
Calories
52g
Protein
25g
Fat
62g
Carbs

Counts 16 of 18 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Couscous 1 cup cooked (157g) 176
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Asparagus 6 spears (90g) 27
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Olive 1 large (4g) 4
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Rosemary 1 tsp dried (1.2g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Harissa not in our table 0
Rapeseed Oil 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

  • 150g/5½oz couscous
  • 150ml/5fl oz chicken stock
  • 12 black olives
  • 1 lemon
  • and pepper salt
  • 2 red peppers
  • 12 spears asparagus
  • 1 bulb garlic
  • 1-2 tsp harissa
  • , for drizzling rapeseed oil
  • 2 sprigs thyme
  • 2 sprigs rosemary
  • , for frying rapeseed oil
  • 4 rashers smoked streaky bacon
  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 2 shallots
  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • and pepper salt
  • 125g/4½oz butter
  • 2 free-range egg yolks

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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