Chicken Garbanzo Tabouli from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Chicken Garbanzo Tabouli Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

2 cups bulgur
2 cups boiling water
2 cups diced cooked chicken
1 tomato, chopped
3 green onions, chopped
1 can garbanzo beans - (16 oz), drained, rinsed
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
1 carrot, grated
1/2 cup currants
1/4 cup chopped dried apricots
1/2 tsp salt, (optional)
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
2 tbsp chopped fresh basil
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
=== DRESSING ===
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/4 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp salt (optional)
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
6 romaine lettuce leaves, crisped

Recipe Instructions:

Place bulgur in bowl. Pour boiling water over and let stand until water has been absorbed (15 to 20 minutes). Cool.

Add chicken, tomato, green onions, garbanzo beans, bell pepper, carrot, currants, and apricots. Toss well. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, basil, and parsley.

Place lemon juice, oil, garlic, cumin, curry powder, salt, and pepper in screw-top jar and shake. Pour dressing over all and toss well.

Arrange lettuce on serving platter. Heap bulgur in middle and serve.

This recipe yields 10 servings. Serving size: 1/10 recipe.

Exchanges Per Serving: 2 Starch, 1 Fruit, 1 Lean Meat.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 260; Calories from Fat 54; Total Fat 6g; Saturated Fat 1g; Cholesterol 24mg; Sodium 463mg; Without Added Salt 250mg; Carbohydrate 40g; Dietary Fiber 10g; Sugars 3g; Protein 15g.

Source:
"American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"09-16-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© American Diabetes Association, 2001"

Servings: 10

“Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, tabasco sauce, cayenne pepper, or any other condiment which destroys the original flavor of the dish.”

~ Henry Miller, American writer (1891-1980)

 

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