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Chicken with giant couscous, fennel and pear recipe
Photo: Lily Banse

Chicken with giant couscous, fennel and pear recipe

12 ingredients 20 min + 20 min 2 people openrecipes

A really fresh and fruity dish that leaves you feeling very satisfied without being too heavy.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

652
Calories
42g
Protein
8g
Fat
109g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Couscous 1 cup cooked (157g) 176
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Pomegranate 1/2 cup seeds (87g) 72
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Seed not in our table 0
Coriander 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 chicken breasts (approx. 240-280g)
  • 0.75 fennel seeds
  • tsp cumin seeds
  • 0.5 giant couscous
  • tsp large bulbs of fennel (approx. 160g)
  • 100 conference pears
  • g pomegranate
  • 2 sprig flat-leaf parsley
  • 3 sprig coriander
  • 1 walnuts, crushed
  • 1 lemon, finely grated zest only
  • 1 honey

Directions

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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