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Spiced herb & almond couscous
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Spiced herb & almond couscous

9 ingredients 5 min + 5 min Serves 6 openrecipes
Spiced herb & almond couscous

This full-flavoured recipe is perfect in summer, it tastes as good hot it does cold

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

470
Calories
39g
Protein
5g
Fat
69g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Couscous 1 cup cooked (157g) 176
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Date 1 date (24g) medjool 66
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Saffron 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

  • red onion , halved and sliced
  • 425ml hot chicken stock (from a cube is fine)
  • pinch saffron strands, optional
  • 1 fat red chilli , sliced
  • 500g couscous
  • 2 x 20 packs coriander , leaves only
  • 50g toasted whole almonds
  • handful dates , roughly chopped (we used medjool dates)
  • juice ½ lemon

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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