Honey and Soy Chicken Strips with Dirty Couscous

Yes, dirty couscous doesn’t sound too good does it? But in fact – it is completely edible and delicious.

You might be more familiar with the term ‘dirty rice’, right? It is a traditional Creole dish made with white rice cooked with pieces of chicken or liver with added ingredients like peppers, celery, onion and spices – like cayenne and black pepper, to give it a ‘dirty’ colour.

Even though my dirty couscous has no liver (thank goodness), I did manage to add onion, yellow pepper, black pepper, paprika and fresh basil to the mix to serve with honey and soy grilled chicken strips.

It’s a pretty flavoursome meal and all in all an easy one to serve for those dreaded weekday dinners.

Simple and satisfying. If you need other ideas with couscous check out this easy Chicken with Tomato and Chorizo Sauce on Couscous or this Cajun and Tomato Baked Chicken with Couscous.  Couscous is also great to use as stuffing like here in this Moroccan Roast Chicken with Couscous Stuffing.  If you are more of a veggie fan, why not try this Couscous with Zucchini and Sun Dried Tomatoes – your options are pretty endless.  Enjoy!

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Honey and Soy Chicken Strips with Dirty Couscous

A delicious mid week dinner treat that consists of honey and soy chicken strips served with dirty couscous.

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Course

Main Dish

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

15 min

Servings

servings MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

• 5 tablespoons butter
• 2 chicken breast fillets pounded flat and sliced into strips
• 1/4 cup honey
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• salt and black pepper to season
• 15 ml olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed garlic
• 1 red onion finely chopped
• 1 small yellow pepper chopped fine
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• salt and black pepper to season
• 2 cups cooked couscous
• handful chopped basil

Course Main Dish Prep Time 10 min Cook Time 15 min Servings servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 5 tablespoons butter 2 chicken breast fillets pounded flat and sliced into strips 1/4 cup honey 4 tablespoons soy sauce salt and black pepper to season 15 ml olive oil 1/2 teaspoon crushed garlic 1 red onion finely chopped 1 small yellow pepper chopped fine 1 teaspoon smoked paprika salt and black pepper to season 2 cups cooked couscous handful chopped basil

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Instructions

1. Heat the butter in a saucepan and fry the chicken strips until done.
2. Remove from heat, add the honey and soy sauce and mix through. Season.
3. In another pan, heat the olive oil and saute the garlic, pepper and onion.
4. Remove from heat and season with paprika, salt and black pepper.
5. Add the sautéed ingredients to the cooked couscous and mix through.
6. Lastly add the basil and mix it through.
7. Serve by plating the couscous and topping it off with the chicken strips.

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