{"id":2389,"date":"2025-07-14T02:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T00:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/?p=2389"},"modified":"2025-07-14T02:31:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T00:31:02","slug":"couscous-stuffed-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/?p=2389","title":{"rendered":"Couscous-Stuffed Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stuff chicken breasts with a savory mixture of couscous, tomato, olive and feta cheese for an elegant, Mediterranean-style meal that\u2019s fit for company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yield:<\/strong> 4 servings (serving size: 1 stuffed breast half)<br \/>\n<strong>Total time:<\/strong> 45 Minutes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1\/3 cup fat-free, lower-sodium chicken broth<br \/>\n1\/4 cup uncooked couscous<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon salt, divided<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon black pepper, divided<br \/>\n3 tablespoons chopped plum tomato<br \/>\n2 tablespoons kalamata olives, chopped<br \/>\n2 tablespoons crumbled feta cheese<br \/>\n2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil<br \/>\n2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano<br \/>\n2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley<br \/>\n1 teaspoon grated lemon rind<br \/>\n1 minced garlic clove<br \/>\n4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves<br \/>\nCooking spray<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Bring broth to a boil in a small saucepan; remove from heat. Stir in couscous. Cover and let stand 4 minutes. Place couscous in a small bowl; fluff with a fork. Cool for 10 minutes. Add 1\/4 teaspoon salt, 1\/4 teaspoon pepper, and next 8 ingredients (through garlic); toss.<\/p>\n<p>2. Place chicken between 2 sheets of plastic wrap; pound to 1\/4-inch thickness. Divide couscous mixture evenly among breast halves; roll up jelly-roll fashion. Secure with wooden picks. Sprinkle chicken with 1\/4 teaspoon salt and 1\/4 teaspoon pepper.<\/p>\n<p>3. Preheat oven to 400\u00b0.<\/p>\n<p>4. Heat a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add chicken to pan; cook for 6 minutes or until browned; turn chicken over. Bake at 400\u00b0 for 5 minutes or until chicken is done.<\/p>\n<p>Source: www.myrecipes.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stuff chicken breasts with a savory mixture of couscous, tomato, olive and feta cheese for an elegant, Mediterranean-style meal that\u2019s fit for company. Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 stuffed breast half) Total time: 45 Minutes Ingredients: 1\/3 cup fat-free, lower-sodium chicken broth 1\/4 cup uncooked couscous 1\/2 teaspoon salt, divided 1\/2 teaspoon black pepper,&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/?p=2389\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions\/2391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}