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Grilled chops with squash couscous recipe

4 ratings

This bright and colourful recipe is a great, healthy way to enjoy spiced pork chops. Marinate your meat then roast chunky wedges of butternut squash until tender, place your couscous and chops under the grill until cooked through and season with dried apricots and mint, then serve. See method

Serves 4
10 mins to prepare and 40 mins to cook
454 calories / serving
Healthy

Ingredients

2 tsp cumin
1 lemon, zested and juiced
olive oil
4 pork chops
handful dried apricots, halved
1 butternut squash, cut into chunks
100g (3½oz) couscous
handful mint, leaves finely chopped

If you don't have any butternut squash, try sweet potato

Each serving contains

Energy
1915kj
454kcal 23%
Fat
12g 16%
Saturates
4g 18%
Sugars
13g 14%
Salt
0.3g 5%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 31.5g Protein 53.7g Fibre 4.9g

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C. In a bowl, combine the cumin lemon juice and zest and the olive oil. Add the pork chops, toss to coat and chill for 30 minutes. Put the butternut squash on a baking tray and drizzle with oil, then roast for 40 minutes.
Meanwhile, preheat the grill to its highest setting. Pour 150ml (¼ pt) boiling water over the couscous, cover and leave for 10 minutes. Cook the pork chops under the grill for 8 minutes on each side until cooked through. Mix the couscous with a fork to break up any clumps then add the squash, apricots and mint. Serve with the pork chops.

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