Healthy dinner recipe for 4 people, takes only 45 mins; recipe has rapeseed oil, onion, aubergine, garlic clove, chilli flakes, tomatoes, olive, lemon, turkey, couscous, basil and parmesan.
Turkey escalopes & giant couscous
Course: Healthy dinner
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Rapeseed Oil: 3 tbsp rapeseed oil
- Onion: 1 onion, finely chopped
- Aubergine: 1 aubergine, cut into 3cm cubes
- Garlic Clove: 2 large garlic cloves, crushed
- Chilli Flakes: 1/4 tsp chilli flakes
- Tomatoes: 400g can chopped tomatoes
- Olive: 70g black olives, pitted and sliced
- Lemon: 1 lemon, zested
- Turkey: 4 turkey escalopes
- Couscous: 250g giant couscous
- Basil: 1/2 small bunch basil, chopped, plus some extra torn leaves to serve
- Parmesan: 20g parmesan, shaved, to serve
Directions
- Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in asaucepanover a medium heat. Fry the onion and aubergine for 15-20 mins, or until softened. Add the garlic and chilli flakes and cook for 1 min more. Tip in the tomatoes and olives and cook for another 10 mins.
- Meanwhile, heat the grill high. Mix the remaining oil and the lemon zest together, then rub on both sides of the turkey escalopes. Put the escalopes on abaking sheetand grill for 5-6 mins on each side serving until cooked through.
- Cook the couscous following pack instructions, then drain and stir through the tomato sauce along with the basil. Slice the escalopes and serve with the couscous, parmesan and extra basil leaves.
