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Garlic shrimp couscous with zucchini and feta
Garlicky shrimp and zucchini over lemony couscous with feta and parsley, ready in under 20 minutes.
Quick Mediterranean High protein
- Prep
- 8 min
- Cooking
- 10 min
Per serving
585 kcal
- Protein
- 45 g
- Carbs
- 56 g
- Fat
- 21 g
- Fibre
- 5 g
In these plans
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- Couscous, dry 60 g ≈ ¼ cup
- Low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth, boiling 90 ml
- Lemon juice 1 tbsp 15 g
- Olive oil, divided 1 tbsp 15 g
- Zucchini, diced 120 g ≈ 1 cup
- Raw shrimp, peeled, thawed if frozen, patted dry 150 g
- Garlic, minced 2 cloves 6 g
- Paprika ½ tsp
- Feta cheese, crumbled 25 g ≈ ¼ cup
- Fresh parsley, chopped 8 g ≈ ¼ cup
- Salt ¼ tsp
- Black pepper ¼ tsp
Steps
- Pour the boiling broth over the couscous in a bowl, cover with a plate and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork and stir in the lemon juice.
- Heat half the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and cook the zucchini for 3–4 minutes, until lightly browned. Add it to the couscous.
- Heat the rest of the oil in the same skillet, add the shrimp, garlic, paprika, salt and pepper and cook for 2–3 minutes, turning once, until the shrimp are pink and opaque.
- Spoon the shrimp over the couscous and top with the feta and parsley.
Tip: Good warm or cold; it keeps 2 days in the fridge.
No pork or alcohol. Choose halal meat if you eat halal. Nutrition is worked out from USDA FoodData Central values and is an estimate.
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