Grilled fennel chicken with orange, kale and chickpea salad
Ingredients
- 3 large oranges
- 4 x 125g chicken breast fillets
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, crushed
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ¾ cup wholemeal couscous
- ½ cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 125g semi-dried tomato strips
- 400g can no-added-salt chickpeagarbanzoXsgarbanzosX, rinsed, drained
- 2 cups chopped curly kale
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Instructions
1 Peel, halve and slice two of the oranges. Juice the remaining orange.
2 Cut chicken in half lengthways to form thin fillets. Place in a shallow dish. Sprinkle with fennel, thyme and season with cracked black pepper. Drizzle over half the oil and half the orange juice. Toss to coat.
3 Heat a large chargrill pan or barbecue hotplate over high. Cook the chicken, turning, for 3–4 minutes, or until the chicken is browned and cooked through.
4 Meanwhile, in a heatproof bowl place the couscous. Add ¾ cup boiling water. Cover and stand for 5 minutes. Stir with a fork to separate couscous grains. Season with pepper. Stir in the remaining ingredients, including orange slices, remaining orange juice and olive oil.
5 Serve the grilled chicken with the orange, kale and chickpea salad.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 622cal
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Kilojoules 2602kJ
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Protein 44.8g
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Total fat 14.9g
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–Saturated fat 2.5g
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Carbohydrates 66.2g
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–Sugars 28.7g
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Dietary fibre 17.7g
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Sodium 512mg
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Calcium 200mg
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Iron 6.9mg
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