Chicken with mango & watercress couscous

Another Waitrose recipe.
Very easy and quick to do. Very tasty. Good for a Summer's day.

Serves: 2 persons.

Ingredients:
  • 2 chicken breasts
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 6 tbsp lemon juice (1 lemon)
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 120g couscous
  • ½ ripe mango, peeled, stoned and cubed
  • 3 tbsp pumpkin seeds
  • 3 tbsp natural yogurt
  • 50g watercress
Method:
  1. Mix together the cinnamon, ginger, olive oil, half the lemon juice, salt and pepper and pour over the chicken. Coat well and leave it to stand for 10 min. Here I decided to let it stand for 2 hours, turning the breasts half way through. The longer you leave meat in seasoning, the tastier it gets. If time is an issue, than 10 min will have to do.
  2. Pour boiling water over the couscous, just enough to cover it, and leave it to stand for 5 min.
  3. Grill the chicken breasts for 6-8 min on both sides, turning once, until cooked through with no pink meat.
  4. Meanwhile, fork through the coucous to break up any lumps. Stir in the mango, salt and pepper and pumpkin seeds.
  5. Whisk together the remaining lemon juice and yogurt and stir through.
  6. Arrange the watercress over the plate, top with couscous and then arrange the chicken breast on top.

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