Healthy Quick Tuna Couscous Recipe

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Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 0 mins
Serves: 6

Ingredients

1 cup couscous
1 cup boiling water
420 g can tuna in spring water, drained
420 g can reduced-salt corn kernels, drained
2 cups frozen peas, defrosted
4 spring onions (including green tops), sliced
1 cup fresh coriander, finely chopped
2 tbs sweet chilli sauce
1 tbs lemon juice
2 tsp curry powder, optional

Method

Place couscous in a small heatproof bowl, pour over boiling water; cover and set aside for 3 minutes.
Into a large bowl combine tuna, corn, peas, spring onions and coriander.
Fluff couscous with a fork to separate grains and stir through sweet chilli sauce, lemon juice and curry powder.
Add couscous to salad ingredients, mix well and serve.

Variations

Replace couscous with 2 cups cooked quinoa or brown rice.
Add a drained 420g can of no-added-salt 4-bean mix, chickpeas or cannellini beans.

Serving Suggestion: Add a diced avocado just before serving.

Comment: To defrost frozen peas, pour boiling water over them and let sit for a few minutes, or microwave for 2 minutes on HIGH with a splash of water.

Healthy tip!

Still hungry? Try a side of salad or vegies before going for seconds.

More tips

Nutrition Information


	per serving	per 100g
Energy	958 kJ	421 kJ
Protein	18.7 g	8.2 g
Fat, total	2.3 g	1 g
— saturated	0.5 g	0.2 g
Carbohydrate	29.4 g	13 g
— sugars	4.7 g	2.1 g
Sodium	249.1 mg	109.7 mg
Fibre	7.2 g	3.2 g

Member comments & rating

Comments (2)

Delicious and easy to make. Hearty enough for dinner.
Catherine Munster
Posted on: 26 Aug 19
This is definitely a winner. I would add a bit of heat to it to make it better next time. Maybe some chilli or a touch of tabasco.
Tania Smith
Posted on: 08 Oct 14