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Couscous and Chicken Salad with Orange-Balsamic Dressing

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Category: Grains

 Ingredients List

  • Salad
  • 4 1/2 c Water
  • 3 c Couscous; (2 10-ounce boxes)
  • 1 c Dried currants
  • 1 3 pound roasted chicken;
  • -skinned, boned, cut
  • Into bite-size pieces
  • 1 1/2 c Diced drained roasted red
  • -bell peppers
  • (from jar)
  • 1 cn Chick-peas (garbanzo
  • -beans); (15 1/2 ounce)
  • Rinsed, drained
  • 1 c Chopped pitted Kalamata
  • -olives*
  • 1 bn Green onions; chopped
  • 1/2 c Chopped fresh cilantro
  • Dressing
  • 3/4 c Orange juice
  • 3 tb Balsamic vinegar or red
  • -wine vinegar
  • 3 tb Grated orange peel
  • 1 tb Ground cumin
  • 1/2 c Olive oil
  • Greens
  • Romaine lettuce leaves

 Directions

NOTES : Currants, roasted peppers, chick-peas, olives, green onions and
cilantro add color and flavor to this portable salad. To start, dip wedges
of pita bread into store-bought hummus (a creamy puree of chick-peas and
sesame paste, available at Middle Eastern markets). A slightly chilled
Beaujolais or lemonade is a refreshing beverage choice. =20


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