GRILLED CHICKEN KEBABS WITH COUSCOUS

GRILLED CHICKEN KEBABS WITH COUSCOUS:(serves 4)

INGREDIENTS:

500 g chicken breast fillets
Salt and pepper
1 lemon, juice only
For the salad
250 g quick- cooking couscous
3 tbs butter
1 courgette, small
2 tomatoes
1 bunch parsley
1 can chickpeas
Salt and freshly
Ground pepper
2 tbs  lemon juice
4 radicchio leaves
Lemon wedges, to garnish
Cherry tomatoes, to garnish

METHOD:

• Wash the chicken, pat dry and cut into wide strips. Thread the strips on to wooden skewers, season with salt and freshly ground pepper and sprinkle with lemon juice. Marinate for 10 minutes.
• Then lay the kebabs on a rack lined with baking parchment and place under the grill for about 10 minutes, turning once.
• pour 250 ml hot water over the couscous and leave to stand for 10 minutes. Heat the butter, stir through the couscous with a fork and cook gently for 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Wash and finely dice the courgette and tomatoes. Finely chop the parsley and drain the chickpeas. Mix all these ingredients with the couscous and season with salt, pepper and lemon juice.
• Scoop the mixture into the radicchio leaves. Serve the chicken kebabs on plates  with the salad and lemon wedges. Garnish with cherry tomatoes.

TIPS-  You can add strips of vegetables to the kebabs as they flavour the meat perfectly as they grill. Be sure to keep the kebab pieces of similar shapes and sizes so everything gets done the same. Experiment with your favourite vegetables.