Sweet Honey Balsamic Chicken Couscous – Easy Weeknight Meal Idea
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I like to cook and freeze shredded chicken, couscous, pasta, ground beef, and sooo many other things to have on hand for when I need quick meals. I’m a big fan of cooking in large quantities especially since it means less dishes overall and less time spent preparing! I love to make couscous dishes, since they are so easy and can be customized based on what’s in the pantry. Here’s a chicken couscous recipe that I love and developed when I was following a milk-free diet for my daughter.
Ingredients:
- Chicken
- Couscous
- Balsamic vinegar
- Honey
- Oil
- Soy sauce
- Walnuts or nut of choice
- Dried cranberries
- Canned mandarin oranges
How to make honey balsamic chicken couscous:
First, cook chicken with your preferred method. I like to use chicken tenderloins and poach them. When the chicken is cooked, shred it using a fork. To cool the chicken faster to allow me to shred sooner, I put ice in the pan with the chicken after draining off the water…yeah, I know, I’m not a gourmet chef…I’m just a mom who likes to get healthy-ish dinners on the table quickly sometimes!
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Sweet Honey Balsamic Chicken Couscous
Ingredients
- 1-1.5 lb chicken
- 2 cups uncooked couscous
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp oil of choice we use olive or avocado
- 1/2 teaspoon lite soy sauce.
- 1/2 cup walnuts or nuts
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1 can (15 oz) mandarin oranges drained and chopped in half
Instructions
- First, cook chicken with your preferred method. I like to use chicken tenderloins and poach them. When chicken is cooked, shred it using a fork.
- Also, cook the couscous according to package directions. 2 cups of uncooked couscous made about 4 cups cooked couscous for me.
- Meanwhile, make honey balsamic mixture by adding balsamic vinegar, honey, oil (I used olive), and soy sauce together.
- To a large bowl, add nuts, dried, cranberries, and halved mandarin oranges.
- Add in couscous.
- Dip chicken in the balsamic vinegar mix to allow it to soak up some of the liquid and then add chicken to bowl with couscous. Pour remaining liquid on top.
- Mix well (I like to shake the bowl with the lid top on!) and serve!