Smoked chicken and roasted vegetable barley couscous

  • Portion size: Serves 2
  • Takes 10 minutes to make, 40-45 minutes to cook
  • Difficulty: easy

Make a quick midweek meal with smoked chicken, roasted vegetables and barley couscous.

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Ingredients

  • 400g pack Waitrose Ready to Roast Mediterranean Vegetable Selection, or similar
  • 100g Belazu Traditional Moroccan Barley Couscous (from Waitrose and Sainsbury’s), or similar
  • 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • Zest of ¼ orange, juice of 1
  • Handful each of fresh parsley and mint, finely chopped
  • 155g pack Rannoch Smoked Chicken (from Waitrose), or similar
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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. Roast the vegetables in the oven for 40-45 minutes until cooked.
  2. Meanwhile, put the couscous in a small bowl with a pinch of seasoning. Pour over 150-175ml boiling water and leave, covered, for 5 minutes. Fluff up the grains with a fork, then set aside to cool slightly.
  3. In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, orange zest, juice and a pinch each of salt, pepper and sugar, then stir through the cooked couscous. Transfer to a serving bowl and stir through the roasted vegetables and most of the herbs.
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  5. Neatly slice the smoked chicken and stir into the barley couscous. Scatter with the remaining herbs and serve with a dollop of natural yogurt, if you want to.
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