We're celebrating veggie night with this Middle Eastern-inspired couscous! Packed with oven-roasted falafel, blistered tomatoes, briny olives, feta and garlic-tossed carrots, this dish has checked off every flavour box!
Produit dans une installation qui traite le lait, le sésame, les œufs, le poisson, les crustacés, les moutardes, les noix, les arachides, le blé, le soja et les sulfites.
8 pièce(s)
Falafel
½ tasse(s)
Couscous
(Contient Blé)
30 g
Olives mélangées
(Contient Sulfites)
227 g
Petites tomates
1 pièce(s)
Gousses d'ail
¼ tasse(s)
Feta, émietté
(Contient Lait)
56 g
Carotte, en juliennes
1 pièce(s)
Citron
7 g
Coriandre
4 cs
Spicy Mayo
(Contient Oeuf, Moutarde)
3 pièce(s)
Radis
2 pièce(s)
Poitrines de poulet
2 cs
Beurre non salé*
(Contient Lait)
½ cc
Sucre*
4.5 cs
Huile*
¼ cc
Sel*
0.13 cc
Poivre*
Before starting, preheat the oven to 450°F. Wash and dry all produce. Toss falafel with 1 1/2 tbsp (3 tbsp) oil on an unlined baking sheet. Roast in the middle of the oven, flipping halfway through, until golden-brown, 8-10 min.
Cut radishes into 1/4-inch rounds. Roughly chop cilantro. Peel, then mince or grate garlic. Drain, then roughly chop olives. Zest, then juice half the lemon (whole lemon for 4 ppl). Cut any remaining lemon into wedges.
Meanwhile, whisk together garlic, 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) oil, 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) lemon juice and 1/2 tsp (1 tsp) sugar in a large bowl.Add carrots, radishes and half the cilantro. Season with salt and pepper, then toss to coat. Set aside.
Add 2/3 cup (1 1/3 cups) water and 1/8 tsp (1/4 tsp) salt to a small pot. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.Once boiling, remove from heat, then add couscous. Stir to combine.Cover and let stand, 5 min.When couscous is tender, fluff with a fork.
Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat.When hot, add tomatoes and 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil. Season with salt and pepper.Cook, stirring often, until tomatoes blister and soften, 3-4 min.Set aside.
Add tomatoes, olives, 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) lemon zest, 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) butter and half the feta to the pot with couscous. Toss to combine.Divide couscous between plates.Top with falafel, then marinated veggies.Sprinkle remaining cilantro and remaining feta over top.Drizzle spicy mayo over top.Squeeze a lemon wedge over top, if desired.
If you've opted to add chicken breasts, pat chicken dry with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper. Heat a large non-stick pan over medium heat. When hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil, then chicken. Pan fry on one side until golden, 6-7 min. Flip, then cover and continue cooking, until cooked through, 6-7 min.** Transfer chicken to a plate. Use the same pan to cook tomatoes in step 5.
Thinly slice chicken. Top plates with chicken when you assemble them.