Couscous With Sun Dried Tomatoes Feta Cheese And Mint Recipes

COUSCOUS STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST WITH FETA & SUN-DRIED TOMATO

Steps:

• For the couscous:.
• Directions.
• In saucepan over medium heat add olive oil, when hot, add the garlic and red pepper flakes. Add the sun-dried tomatoes and saute a few minutes more. Add chicken stock and bring to a boil. Add the box of couscous, turn off heat and let stand covered for 5 minutes. Fluff with fork, and season with salt and pepper. Spread 2 cups on large plate, add in 1/2 pound feta, and let cool. Keep the remaining hot to serve with chicken. (Put in covered casserole and reheat in oven last 10 minutes with chicken.).
• For the chicken:.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Trim chicken with a boning knife, if needed. Start at top of breast and carefully make a lengthwise cut from top to bottom and making a pocket about 2 inches, making sure not to pierce the other side of the breast. When couscous is cool enough to handle, carefully spoon couscous mixture into pocket. Even out the stuffing by gently moving it around with your hands. Wipe off any excess couscous from outside of breasts and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat olive oil and butter in saute pan and brown off both sides of chicken. Place chicken on baking sheet and place in oven for 20 minutes.
• While chicken is baking, make the sauce.
• For the sauce:.
• In saute pan that you cooked chicken breasts in, heat and add garlic. Deglaze with white wine and add lemon juice. Reduce by one third. Add in sun-dried tomatoes, let reduce for 2 to 3 minutes, turn off heat, add the butter and stir to combine.
• To serve, place couscous from oven on plate, cut chicken breast in half, top with sauce, crumble remaining feta cheese over.

COUSCOUS WITH FETA, SUN-DRIED TOMATOES AND KALAMATA OLIVES

Steps:

• In saucepan over medium heat add olive oil, when hot, add the garlic and red pepper flakes, warm through for 10 seconds. CAREFUL not to burn the garlic.
• Add the sun-dried tomatoes and sauté 30 seconds more.
• Add olives and chicken stock and bring to a boil.
• Add the couscous, and simmer on lowest setting until liquid is absorbed, per package instructions. approximately 8-10 minutes.
• Fluff with fork, and season with salt and pepper. Add in 1/2 pound feta.

COUSCOUS SALAD WITH FETA CHEESE AND SUN-DRIED TOMATOES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, pour boiling water over tomatoes. Let stand 5 minutes.
• in a small saucepan, bring broth to a boil and stir in couscous.
• Remove saucepan with broth and couscous from the heat and let it stand 5 minutes or until broth is absorbed.
• Drain and chop tomatoes and add couscous.
• Gently stir in remaining ingredients (feta cheese, parsley, oregano, lemon juice, tsp of water and olive oil)
• Serve warmed or chilled and -- Manga ! .

COUSCOUS WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATOES, FETA CHEESE, AND MINT

Steps:

• Cook couscous.
• Transfer couscous to large bowl and add peas, sun-dried tomatoes, reserved oil, feta cheese, and mint.
• Toss to combine.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve warm or chilled.