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Grilled chops with squash couscous recipe

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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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