Sweet chili lime chicken with cilantro couscous starts with cubed chicken breast simmered in a sweet and spicy lime-soy glaze and served with couscous.
Preparation Time
15 mins
Cooking Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Calories
380 Calories
Recipe Instructions
Step 1
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add cubed chicken; cook and stir until juices run clear and chicken is no longer pink inside, 5 to 6 minutes. Sprinkle with monosodium glutamate as chicken cooks; transfer to a plate.
Step 2
Combine soy sauce, brown sugar, zest of 1 lime, juice of 1 lime, and red pepper flakes in a bowl, stirring until sugar dissolved; add to hot skillet. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce begins to reduce slightly, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir chicken into sauce; cook until sauce glazes chicken, about 2 to 3 minutes, stirring often.
Step 3
Bring vegetable broth to a boil in a saucepan. Stir in couscous, turn off the heat, and let couscous stand until broth is absorbed, about 5 minutes. Stir in cilantro.
Step 4
Arrange couscous on a serving platter; top with chicken and sauce. Squeeze lime wedges over couscous and chicken before serving.
Ingredients
6 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cups vegetable broth
1 cup couscous
6 tablespoons soy sauce
1 lime, juiced and zested
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cubed
4 wedges lime for garnish
0.5 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste
0.33333334326744 cup chopped cilantro
1 pinch monosodium glutamate (such as Ac'cent®), or to taste
