Asian Greens with Chicken
Easy weeknight recipe with plenty of room for variation: use chicken or fish, bok choi, tat soi, choy sum, mustard greens, or turnip greens. It's made with things I normally have on hand (greens, onions tomatoes, cheese, frozen protein, couscous or rice) and cooks up in a jiffy. Feels like a real treat!
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- Serves: 2 persons
Ingredients
- 2teaspoons olive oil
- ¼cup diced onion
- 3chicken tenders
- 1pinch garlic salt
- cracked black pepper to taste
- ¾cup bok choy, chopped
- 1⅓ cups water
- 1(5.6 ounce) box couscous, (such as Near East® Toasted Pine Nut)
- 1tablespoon olive oil
- 12cherry tomatoes, halved
- ¼ounce grated Mizithra cheese
Instructions
Step 1
Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onions in hot oil until slightly softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Place chicken in skillet and season with garlic salt and black pepper. Cover the skillet with a lid and cook until chicken is browned on one side, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn chicken and season with garlic salt and black pepper on the other side. Transfer chicken and onions to a cutting board and chop chicken.Step 2
Stir bok choy into the same skillet, reduce heat to low, cover the skillet with a lid, and cook until greens are slightly tender, about 1 1/2 minutes.Step 3
Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; remove from heat. Stir couscous spice packet contents and 1 tablespoon olive oil into water; add couscous. Cover saucepan and let stand until water is absorbed completely, about 10 minutes. Fluff couscous with a fork.Step 4
Spoon couscous onto plates, top with greens, onions, and chicken, respectively, and sprinkle tomatoes and Mizithra cheese over the top.