Friday, July 26, 2013

Lemon-Pepper Chicken and Squash with Lemony Couscous

     The garden is in full swing. We are starting to bring in around 3-5 pounds of produce daily. More importantly the wife is successfully keeping the squash bugs at bay.
I question her methods, but there's no denying their effectiveness.
     This has led to the problem that we now find ourselves struggling to find uses for the veggies before they go off or we are forced to can them. I suppose there are worse problems to have, like accidentally inhaling a bug while bike riding, but I love to complain. Anyways, we decided to just freestyle a recipe to burn through some surplus squash and zucchini and a container of leftover chicken. The end result had just the right hints of sweet and tangy. It was super easy to make and I would certainly make it again.

Lemon Pepper Chicken & Squash
with Lemony Couscous
Ingredients
Chicken

  • 8 ounces shredded cooked chicken
  • 8 ounces (about 2 small or 1 large) zucchini or yellow squash, cubed (we used both. We like to live on the edge)
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper or pepper melange
  • 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper
  • 1 inch piece candied ginger, minced
Couscous
  • 3/4 cup uncooked couscous
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • A little less than 1 cup water
  • 2 teaspoons butter
Directions
Chicken
  1. Melt butter in a large skillet. Sautee garlic and ginger until garlic just starts turning brown. Add zucchini/squash and sautee 3-4 minutes.
  2. Add chicken, and remaining ingredients from chicken section. Mix and sautee another 3-4 minutes.
  3. Set aside and keep warm.
Couscous
  1. Put lemon juice in a one cup measuring cup. Top with enough water to make one cup. 
  2. Put water and butter in a saucepan and bring to a boil; stir in couscous, cover. Turn off the heat and let stand at least 5 minutes. Fluff before serving.
Throw a scoop of couscous on a plate and top with a scoop of the chicken mixture. 
I found that adding a couple of dashes of Tabasco really made for some
Good times!

8 comments:

  1. I love all things lemon. I bet it tastes fantastic with the vegetables. You always give me fantastic recipes to try and keep me giggling the whole time I am reading them. Thanks so much for sharing this.

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    1. It really is a great flavor. I'm glad you're enjoying my Facebook and blog!

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  2. I love squash SO much! I haven't been able to have a garden in years :-( But yours look beautiful!

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    1. Thanks! The quality of the squash is most certainly entirely due to my wife's efforts in the garden. I'm just there for heavy labor, lol!

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  3. Do you know, I don't think I've ever cooked couscous? Shame on me! It sounds like a good time to try it. I love the pairing of lemon and chicken. This is a keeper.

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    1. Thanks! Couscous is super easy to cook. I'm glad you liked this!

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  4. Hey there! This sounds like a yummy recipe to try. I haven't bought squash much but it sounds like it would be a great idea to put in like a stir-fry type dish like this one. I'm wondering if this would go well with quinoa as well as couscous?! I'm in love with quinoa. I've been using it in place of rice in my dishes and I finally found one that I love! It's the quinoa organic brand from like the whole foods stores that cooks in 15 minutes! This is a must try and hubby loves hot sauce so I'm sure he will love this! Thanks for linking up to the Get Fit Friday Hop. I liked your page on facebook and I had to pin this recipe!

    Here are my sites if you want to return the love:

    www.facebook.com/getfithealthylife
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    1. I imagine you could easily swap quinoa in place of couscous. I haven't really tried quinoa yet because everywhere I look for it, it's prohibitively expensive. I'm glad you enjoy the recipe and I'll take a swing by your pages!

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