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Shortcut Chicken & Couscous Salad

Shortcut Chicken & Couscous Salad

with Kalamata Olives & Creamy Pesto Dressing

Everything about this salad is fresh and tasty. The crisp, couscous salad packs a punch from the kalamata olives and is ready to welcome crumbed chicken to your table. The creamy pesto dressing gives it that extra aromatic kick and brings all the flavours together!

Tags:
Air Fryer Friendly
•Calorie Smart
•Under 40g carbs

The quantities provided above are averages only.

Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat.

Preparation Time15 minutes
Cooking Time10 minutes
DifficultyEasy
Serving amount

1 packet

Creamy Pesto Dressing

1 packet

Broccoli

1 packet

Couscous

1 packet

Kalamata Olives

1 packet

Baby Spinach Leaves

1 sachet

Vegetable Stock Pot

330 g

Chicken Breast

1

Lime

Calories558 kcal
Energy (kJ)2330 kJ
Fat22.8 g
of which saturates2.9 g
Carbohydrate37.1 g
of which sugars3.2 g
Dietary Fibre7.5 g
Protein48.8 g
Sodium761 mg
The average adult daily energy intake is 8700 kJ
•Large Non-Stick Pan

Cooking Steps

Cook the couscous
1

• Boil the kettle.
• To a medium bowl, add couscous and vegetable stock powder.
• Add the boiling water (3/4 cup for 2 people /1 1/2 cups for 4 people) and stir to combine. Immediately cover with a plate and leave for 5 minutes. • Fluff up with fork and set aside.

Cook the chicken
2

• Meanwhile, set air fryer to 200°C. Place your hand flat on top of chicken breast and slice through horizontally to make two thin steaks.
• Place chicken into the air fryer basket and cook until cooked through (when no longer pink inside), 15-18 minutes.
• Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Season with salt and pepper.

TIP: No air fryer? Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat with a drizzle of olive oil. Cook chicken steaks until cooked through, 3-6 minutes each side (cook in batches if your pan is getting crowded). Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Season with salt and pepper.

Cook the broccoli
3

• While the chicken is cooking, slice lime into wedges and half trimmed green beans.
• Add green beans and a splash of water to a microwave-safe bowl, then cover with a damp paper towel.
• Microwave green beans on high until just tender, 2-4 minutes. Drain, then add to the bowl with the couscous.
• To the bowl with couscous and green beans, add baby spinach leaves, kalamata olives, a good squeeze of lime juice and a drizzle of olive oil.
• Season with salt and pepper and toss to combine.

Finish & serve
4

• Divide olive couscous salad between bowls and top with chicken. Drizzle over creamy pesto dressing.
• Serve with any remaining lime wedges. Enjoy!