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Lightly Roasted Chickpea, Halloumi and Red Onion Salad with Coriander and Giant Cous Cous

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Lightly Roasted Chickpea, Halloumi and Red Onion Salad with Coriander and Giant Cous Cous

This hearty cous cous salad is packed with flavour and texture, with lightly roasted chickpeas, crispy golden halloumi and red onion.
Serves 2–3 lunchboxes
Total 40 min
Prep 10 min
Cook 30 min
Easy

Introduction from Rukmini Iyer

I’ve been making a version of this salad for years, because chickpeas, halloumi, red onion and lemon are a magic combination, with either flat-leaf parsley or coriander for a herby lift. But it’s far too nice just to have as a side salad: add carbs in the form of giant cous cous and you’ll have enviable lunchboxes with only 10 minutes’ hands-on work.

Ingredients

200g wholewheat giant cous cous
400ml vegetable stock
250g halloumi, cut into 1cm chunks
1 x 400g tin of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 red onion, finely sliced
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
100g spinach, roughly chopped
15g coriander, roughly chopped
sea salt flakes, to taste

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C fan/200°C/gas 6. Tip the cous cous and vegetable stock into a medium-sized roasting tin. Toss the halloumi, chickpeas and red onion with the olive oil and paprika and scatter this all over the cous cous.

Transfer the tin to the oven and bake for 25–30 minutes, until the halloumi is golden brown and the cous cous is cooked through.

Stir through the extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice and greens, then taste and adjust the seasoning as required.

Divide between lunchboxes and refrigerate until needed. Best eaten at room temperature.

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