Moroccan Eggplant Chicken Salad

Featuring tender roast chicken and spiced eggplant, this vibrant salad with couscous, fresh herbs, and a kick of harissa is a deliciously unique dish for any occasion.

  • 30min
  • 5 mins
  • Keto
Moroccan Eggplant Chicken Salad

What you will need

  • 4 small eggplants
  • 4 tbsp olive oil mixed with 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 cup cooked wholemeal cous cous
  • ¼ cup currants
  • ½ cup flat leaf parsley roughly chopped
  • ½ cup fresh mint leaves roughly chopped
  • 5 tbsp harissa – Julie Le Clerc brand
  • 1-2 packs Hellers sliced chicken
  • 1 red onion sliced thinly into rounds
  • 2 oranges cut into segments with the skin and pith removed
  • 1 tomato on the vine

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 200C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
  2. Cut each eggplant through the middle lengthways leaving the stalks intact. Put them on the baking tray along with the tomatoes; drizzle with olive oil; sprinkle with sea salt and cracked pepper.
  3. Bake for 10 mins then remove the tomatoes to cool.
  4. Using a pastry brush, spread the turmeric oil all over the cut inner surface of the eggplants. Then bake for a further 15 mins or until cooked and golden.
  5. To the cooked couscous, add the currants, herbs and 3 tbsp of harissa. Season and stir well.
  6. Toss the sliced chicken in the remaining 2 tbsp of harissa and then add to the couscous.
  7. To assemble, put each eggplant onto a large plate. Stuff with a quarter of the cous cous. Then top with red onion slices, orange segments, a dollop of extra harissa, 2 tomatoes. Serve at the table.