Ground Chicken and Couscous Bowls

These ground chicken and couscous bowls are a delight for the taste buds! With fluffy couscous, perfectly seasoned ground chicken, refreshing mint yogurt sauce, creamy hummus and colourful, tasty toppings, every bite will want you going back for more.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I love bowl meals. Whether it’s pulled pork rice bowls, burrito bowls or salmon rice bowls, they just make my belly happy.

I’m sure you, like me, have been known to get similar meals at restaurants. They’re delicious, yes, but never as good as homemade. When they’re homemade, they’re always a little tastier and the bowl is filled up way more. And who doesn’t love that?

Main Recipe Components

• Couscous: The couscous is simply prepared with some broth (or water) and butter. Nothing fancy, it just works. I used Moroccan couscous (not Israeli or Pearl couscous), which is the quickest to cook.
• Ground chicken: The ground chicken is seasoned with flavouful spices, such as cumin, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove. Talk about yummy!
• Toppings: Cucumber, tomatoes, roasted red pepper, red onion, black olives and feta cheese not only add a wonderful taste to these chicken and couscous bowls but plenty of colour and texture.
• Sauce and hummus: Another delicious topping component. You can’t have a yummy bowl recipe without a good sauce! For these bowls, I like to use mint yogurt sauce and hummus. I always love a little extra sauce on my bowl because it’s just so darn tasty.
• Garnish: I love topping these bowls with fresh mint leaves and a squeeze of lemon juice to really brighten things.

How To Make Ground Chicken and Couscous Bowls

Here is an overview of how to make these ground chicken and couscous bowls (full details are in the recipe card below):

Prepare the couscous

Couscous is pretty easy to prepare. You just have to place some chicken broth (or water) in a saucepan with a little butter, and then bring to a boil. Place your couscous in a heat-safe bowl, then pour the heated broth (or water) over top. Tightly cover the bowl with some plastic food wrap and allow it to stand for 5 minutes or so until it’s cooked.

Tip: I didn’t season the couscous with salt because I used a salted broth. If your broth is not salted, feel free to add some to taste.

Cook the ground chicken

Heat some olive oil in a skillet, then add the ground chicken and seasoning. Cook the ground chicken until it’s done, being sure to break it up into crumbles as it cooks.

Assemble the bowls

Uncover your bowl of couscous, then fluff with a fork. Distribute the couscous between four bowls (I like to use wide bowls to allow for lots of room to nicely display the toppings).

Next, divide the ground chicken between all four bowls and top with cucumber, tomatoes, roasted red pepper, red onion, olives and feta cheese..

Dollop each bowl with hummus and drizzle the yogurt sauce over the ground chicken.

Top with mint leaves and serve with lemon wedges. Easy!

Tips and Variations

• I used 2 cups of couscous which, once cooked, yielded a generous amount for four bowls. You can use a little less if you prefer.
• Though these are couscous bowls, you can cook up some quinoa or rice instead.
• You can totally swap out ground turkey for the ground chicken.
• Instead of serving these couscous bowls with mint yogurt sauce, try my lemon dill yogurt sauce for a twist. The dill works wonderfully with these bowls too.
• I used a classic hummus as the hummus component. You can use either homemade or store-bought, whatever you prefer. To mix things up, instead of classic hummus, try a flavoured variety, like roasted garlic hummus.

More Tasty Ground Chicken Recipes

• One-Pan Ground Chicken and Rice
• Mediterranean Ground Chicken Burgers
• Ground Chicken Meatloaf

If you make these ground chicken and couscous bowls, be sure to leave a comment below!