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Chicken and Couscous Salad with Orange-Balsamic Dressing


Title: Chicken and Couscous Salad with Orange-Balsamic Dressing
Categories: Chicken and
Yield: 6 Servings

4 Boned and skinned chicken
-breast halves
10 oz Couscous
1/2 c Raisins
1/4 c Dried cherries
1/2 c Roasted red peppers; diced
15 oz Garbanzo beans; canned,
-drained and rinsed
1/2 c Black olives; diced
1/4 c Green onions; chopped
1/4 c Cilantro; chopped
1 c Fresh orange juice
3 tb Balsamic vinegar
1 tb Grated orange peel
1 tb Cumin

Broil chicken and cut into bite sized chunks. Set aside.

Combine orange juice, balsamic vinegar, grated orange peel and cumin in a
small bowl and set aside.

Combine couscous, raisins, and dried cherries in a large bowl and prepare
couscous according to package directions.

After couscous is cooked add the remaining ingredients and toss well.

Per serving: 422 Calories; 3g Fat (7% calories from fat); 25g Protein; 74g
Carbohydrate; 34mg Cholesterol; 363mg Sodium

Recipe by: posted to eat-lf by Joanne McAndrews

Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n001 by "Joanne M. McAndrews"
on Jan 2, 1998