Tonight's Dinner: Chicken and couscous recipe

There's nothing I love more than easy dinner recipes. Sure there are those days when I love to take my time and make something that will take an hour or two or more and turn into an awesome feast. But more often than not, I have less than an hour to prepare and get dinner on the table. Those are the times I look for recipes that are not only tasty but super quick and easy. Thankfully Michael Symon has come to my rescue.

On his show The Chew, Symon does a segment called Michael's Five in Five. He takes five ingredients and gets it on the table in five minutes. Recently he made a chicken, sausage and couscous dish that looked so amazing I knew I had to give it a try. It was just as delicious as it looked and it really did take only five minutes to get on the table.

Chicken and couscous

Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup couscous
• 3 boneless chicken breasts
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 small onion, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup Italian parsley, chopped
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

Directions:

1. Boil water and butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Once the butter is melted, stir in the couscous. Cover the pan, turn off the heat and let couscous sit.
2. Meanwhile pound chicken breasts with a meat mallet to 1/2-inch thickness. Sprinkle breasts with salt and pepper to taste and cut each breast in half horizontally.
3. Heat one tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook until no longer pink, two to three minutes per side.
4. Reduce heat to medium-low. Pour the tomatoes with their juice over the chicken. Add the onions and garlic and let simmer.
5. While the chicken mixture cooks, fluff the couscous with a fork. Stir in the parsley, remaining olive oil and vinegar. Transfer the couscous to a serving platter. Spoon the chicken and tomato mixture on top of the couscous and serve immediately.

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