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.

5 mins
30 mins

Ingredients

  • 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

To make this Keto replace cous cous with cauliflower rice

  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 <a href="/product/roast-chicken">sliced chicken</a> 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.

Sliced Roast Chicken

Thick slices of yummy roast chicken hit the spot for a quick salad. Lunchtime, dinnertime, anytime. You can’t go past the classic combo of Hellers Sliced Roast Chicken, Hellers Free Farmed Bacon, avocado, lettuce and tomato for this one. Add a little mayo for good measure and make sure the bacon is nice and crispy.

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