Ingredients
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Dressing
- 1/2 quantity Capsicum and sundried tomato dip (see Everyday Cookbook)
- 50 g olive oil
- 100 g lemon juice (about 2-3 lemons)
Salad
- 120 g couscous, rinsed and drained
- 300 g pumpkin, cut into 1cm cubes
- 400 g chicken breast fillets, cut into 2 cm cubes
- 150 g Baby Spinach Leaves
Moroccan Salad option
- 40 g craisins, raisins or grapes
- 4-5 dried apricots, roughly chopped
- 3-4 sprigs fresh mint and/or coriander, leaves only, roughly chopped
- 1-2 spring onions/shallots, sliced
- 400 g tinned chickpeas or kidney beans, rinsed and drained
Italian Salad option
- 40 g toasted pine nuts or cashews
- 1 tbsp black or kalamata olives
- 1 Lebanese cucumber, diced
- 1 punnet cherry tomatoes
- 3-4 sprigs fresh flat leaf parsley, leaves only
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Recipe is created for
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Recipe's preparation
Place all dressing ingredients into mixing bowl and mix 5 sec/speed 6. Set dressing aside.
Line the Varoma tray with wet, well-rung baking paper. Spread couscous evenly onto the Varoma tray.
Place pumpkin into the Varoma dish and place chicken on top of pumpkin.
Place IL water into mixing bowl. Place Varoma into position and steam 17 min/Varoma/speed 2. Lightly stir pumpkin and chicken to ensure it is evenly cooked. Cook a further 7-8 min/Varoma/speed 2, or until chicken is cooked through.
Toss chicken, pumpkin, couscous, spinach and reserved dressing with your selected salad variation ingredients to serve.
Dressing
Salad
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Tip
This recipe is featured in the Cooking with Varoma cooking class. To create an all-in-one Varoma meal, you can cook the Chickpea soup (found on Recipe Community) in the mixing bowl during step 2.
Tips
Make sure you rinse the couscous in plenty of water or it will not steam successfully.
For a vegetarian option, replace the chicken breast fillet with cubed vegetables of choice. A few green beans steamed on the Varoma tray can also be added with the rest of the salad.
Comments
Add a commentfabulous recipe
fabulous recipe
Made the Moroccan version and added feta. Will...
Made the Moroccan version and added feta. Will make again. Thank you.
Sarskia:...
Sarskia:
Hi Sarskia
The dip we are referring to is in the Everyday Cookbook in the Starters, sides and soups chapter. You can make this first and then use it in the above recipe.
Kind Regards
Thermomix Head Office
I don't know what dip you are referring to?
I don't know what dip you are referring to?
The Morroccan version is a real family favourite...
The Morroccan version is a real family favourite at our place. It's so tasty and makes a generous quantity.
This is a great recipe for
This is a great recipe for EASY entertaining. Used quinoa instead. you must soak overnight so it doesn't fall thru basket. Looks great and festive which is good at Christmas time. Can assemble easily for picnics too.
Dinner and lunches covered
Dinner and lunches covered all in one!! Lovely soup and salad!!
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great, thank you! Fresh and
great, thank you! Fresh and easy
Both hubby and I really
Both hubby and I really enjoyed this dish. This will be a staple dish in my household for sure!!Thanks for the recipe
Very tasty and filling salad.
Very tasty and filling salad.
I finally made this tonight.
I finally made this tonight. It was so yummy. Although I used the couscous pearls instead and as they are a bit bigger needed to use the whole packet which is double the normal couscous. I tweaked the sauce a bit. Instead of lemon juice I used lime juice (as I found the lemon juice was a bit too strong) and I used a bit of the oil from the sundried tomatoes seasoning really well. My family who dont like pumpkin that much, especially my husband ate it all. My husband, who was raving on about it, went back for seconds. Winner winner chicken dinner
Mad About My Thermie
Thermomix Consultant
A favorite for my husband and
A favorite for my husband and I. Very filling and delicious taste.
Great dish. easy and tasty.
Great dish. easy and tasty.
Can't wait to try it have
Can't wait to try it have never cooked couscous like this before, thanks
Really Yummy. Will make again
Really Yummy. Will make again and try some variations as I think the recipe is very versatile
Very tasty. Had a bit of
Very tasty. Had a bit of trouble steaming the couscous and ended up doing it in the stove top.....lol. Roasted my pumpkin, just for more flavour. Everyone loved it and we will definitely be making this again.
A great summer meal
I steamed the pumkin and
I steamed the pumkin and chicken (used thighs, husband prefers them to breasts....) for 25 mins before putting the tray with the cous cous on top for the final 7 minutes.
The dressing was WAY too vinegar-y. Did the recipe really mean WHITE vinegar? Or white WINE vinegar? Next time I will make with white wine vinegar or cider vinegar.
I think this would also be really nice with a bit of chilli. Next time
Husband happy. I loved it. The kids hate everything at the moment, so they had Weetbix. More for us!!!!
Kate
really easy, loved it, thank
really easy, loved it, thank you! i popped the apricots and rasins up with the cous cous to steam a little plump and added tahini and lemon juice instead of the dip as we are dairy free at the moment. was delish!
Was tasty but it took much
Was tasty but it took much longer than 25 mins to steam the chicken and pumpkin till cooked...more like 35-40 mins so by then the cous cous was a bit overcooked.
Is is beautiful!! Yum yum
Is is beautiful!! Yum yum
One of my families most
One of my families most favourite recipes. I love the Italian option the best. Thanks so much!
Yum yum YUM!!! So delicious!
Yum yum YUM!!! So delicious! Definitely will be one to make when we have people over for lunch, or when asked to bring a plate. I love this recipe!
This was just delicious! We
This was just delicious! We had the Italian salad and it was loved by all.
Day 3 of my TM.Worked a
Day 3 of my TM.Worked a treat. Had visitors which were impressed. The left over dip is all gone. No worries with the couscous. Plenty of leftovers which suits me fine. Follow the recipe and you should not go wrong.
I will use this more. It is in my collection
yum! we made the moroccan
yum! we made the moroccan version and hubby and I enjoyed this very much. Also too the leftovers (it makes alot) to a pot luck the next day and everyone loved it.
Great for lunch boxes.
Great for lunch boxes. Omitted the olive oil to reduce the calories and still very enjoyable. Made the Italian version and cooked the couscous outside the TM after reading the comments. Will make again.
A regular in our house!
A regular in our house! Yummmmm!!!!
Love the Italian version!
Love the Italian version!
Lynda Griffin
Thermomix Consultant
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love this
love this
Delicious, will become a
Delicious, will become a family favourite.
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Awesome recipe! imade the
Awesome recipe! imade the moroccan version...not a bad thing was said about it! was a bug hit!
such an awesome recipe. my
such an awesome recipe. my whole family loved it. we did the morrocan version
Cheers,
Natalie
Made this, but didn't have
Made this, but didn't have much success with the Cous Cous! So I decided to use Quinoa and soaked it overnight, then I followed the rest of the recipe! We served it cold with the Italian Salad option! It was very delicious and no doubt I will be making this again! Will probably make it for work lunches! Loved it!
Delicious :) This has
Delicious This has become a popular dinner choice in our family. And great to have dip leftover as this is my family's absolute favourite.
Can I use burghul instead of
Can I use burghul instead of couscous?
Gluten Free Quinoa
Gluten Free Quinoa Option
Weigh 150g quinoa (white, red &/or black) into basket. Rinse quinoa in basket thoroughly, using fingers to assist removal of the bitter outer saponin layer, which makes the water appear like detergent "suds". When there are no more suds, allow excess water to drain then transfer quinoa into a thermoserver and cover with boiling water, place thermoserver lid on and leave for at least 15 minutes. Transfer quinoa back to the basket to drain excess hot water before spreading it onto baking paper in varoma tray as per step 2 of the recipe. If you're organised and have presoaked the quinoa overnight or for several hours you might get away with skipping the partial cooking using boiling water. You cannot miss washing the quinoa though, can make for upset tummies.
kind regards
Joanna Rusling
This is so delicious and
This is so delicious and makes a good size platter - i love the Morrocan style dressing - lovely served with Cyndi O'Meara's Bible Bread - could also serve with a green salad to bulk out the meal if needs be.
Hi deegal, As per our tip -
Hi deegal,
As per our tip - can we check if you had rinsed the couscous in plenty of water? If this was missed the couscous will not steam successfully.
Thermomix Head Office
Hi sgriffin, if you wish to
Hi sgriffin, if you wish to replace the couscous with quinoa, we recommend that you soak the quinoa overnight - that will help it cook.
Thermomix Head Office
Quinoa didn't work!!
Quinoa didn't work!!
Same! Couscous didn't cook at
Same! Couscous didn't cook at all!
Could you use quinoa? I'm
Could you use quinoa?
I'm looking for a wheat free alternative to couscous
I must be one of the few
I must be one of the few people that thinks this salad is a let down. It lacks any crunch or any real kick of flavour, apart from the apricots that is.
I made this for lunch today &
I made this for lunch today & got 10/10 from everyone who ate it
I'm not sure what happened with the couscous though..it was really hard. I ended up just quickly doing it on the stove
This is a wonderful recipe.
This is a wonderful recipe. The meal is healthy and beaming of flavour. Thank you for sharing.
So so good, will definitely
So so good, will definitely make this again!
I made the Moroccan version
I made the Moroccan version and it was yummy. I'd probably have it as a lunchtime meal rather then a dinner though. Will definitely cook again! Delicious.
I love this recipe. It always
I love this recipe. It always works and it tastes so good with the dressing.
Frogdancer
Ooooh I tried this at a
Ooooh I tried this at a cooking class I went to last week, so glad I've found the recipe!!