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Spicy Couscous and Chickpea Salad

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  • Prep 20 min
  • Total 20 min
  • Servings 4
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Enjoy this easy couscous, Chickpeas and vegetable salad that’s ready in just 20 minutes. Perfect side for any meal!
Updated Dec 26, 2014
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Ingredients

Salad

  • 1/2 cup uncooked whole wheat couscous
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 can (15 oz) Chickpeas or garbanzo beans, drained, rinsed
  • 1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes and green chiles, undrained
  • 1/2 cup frozen shelled edamame (soybeans) (from 12-oz bag) or lima beans (from 9-oz bag), thawed
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
  • Green bell peppers, halved, if desired

Dressing

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Steps

  • 1
    Cook couscous in water with 1/4 teaspoon salt as directed on package.
  • 2
    Meanwhile, in medium bowl, mix Chickpeas, tomatoes, soybeans and cilantro. In small bowl, mix dressing ingredients until well blended.
  • 3
    Add cooked couscous to salad; mix well. Pour dressing over salad; stir gently to mix. Spoon salad mixture into halved bell peppers. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate until serving time.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Edamame is the Japanese name for fresh green soybeans—tasty, bright little green gems that are high in protein. You can buy them frozen, usually in their fuzzy green pods.

Nutrition

380 Calories, 14g Total Fat, 14g Protein, 49g Total Carbohydrate, 4g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
380
Calories from Fat
130
Total Fat
14g
22%
Saturated Fat
2g
9%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
290mg
12%
Potassium
560mg
16%
Total Carbohydrate
49g
16%
Dietary Fiber
9g
38%
Sugars
4g
Protein
14g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
10%
10%
Calcium
10%
10%
Iron
30%
30%
Exchanges:
2 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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