sweet chili lime chicken with cilantro couscous

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cubed
• 1 pinch monosodium glutamate (such as ac'cent®), or to taste
• 6 tablespoons soy sauce
• 6 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste
• 1 lime, juiced and zested
• 2 cups vegetable broth
• 1 cup couscous
• 1/3 cup chopped cilantro
• 4 wedges lime for garnish

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 35 mins


• heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir chicken breast cubes in the hot oil until the juices run clear and chicken is no longer pink inside, 5 to 6 minutes. sprinkle chicken with monosodium glutamate as it cooks. remove chicken from skillet.
• mix soy sauce, brown sugar, red pepper flakes, lime juice, and lime zest in a bowl, stirring to dissolve sugar. pour sauce into hot skillet, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce begins to reduce slightly, 3 to 4 minutes. mix cooked chicken into sauce and cook until sauce forms a glaze on chicken pieces, about 2 to 3 more minutes, stirring often.
• bring vegetable broth to a boil in a saucepan. stir couscous into vegetable broth, turn off the heat, and let couscous stand until broth is absorbed, about 5 minutes. stir cilantro into couscous.
• arrange couscous a serving platter, top with chicken and sauce, and serve with lime wedges. squeeze lime wedges over couscous and chicken before serving.