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Chicken Breasts in a Date, Caper, and Mascarpone Sauce with Couscous

“A chicken breast starts out on the grill and ends up on the stove in this lovely dish of middle-eastern inspiration. The grilled chicken is covered with a rich and melting mascarpone sauce with capers and chopped dates, presented on a mound of hot couscous, and topped with fresh tomato and cucumber. ”

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Reviewed: Mar. 28, 2013

I did a veggie version of this recipe by leaving out the chicken and it was awesome. I recommend using an ample pile of cucumber and tomato on the top of the dish (or sprinkled around it) to cut the delicious, but otherwise overwhelming sauce. An easy recipe to produce as long as you've got the ingredients around. Will definitely make again.

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brinnet

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Bayside, California, USA

Living In: Monterey, California, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2013

Phenomenal. I substituted a gardein brand veggie chicken. This was delightful and a surprising combination.

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Marty

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Feb. 2, 2013

Unbelievably good! I added some sliced cherry tomatoes to the sauce right when I took it off the heat. I had to use vanilla soy milk because I have a lactose intolerance and that was all I had on hand(weird - but it still turned out great). Finally, something different and new. Thank you for this recipe!!!

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ACL

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Naperville, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2013

This is easy and delicious! The sauce would work for many other dishes.

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mak

Reviewed: Jan. 20, 2013

You're going to die when you find out what I did to this recipe (chef, please forgive me). I'm a compulsive substituter, because I hate waste and spent many years living in the woods far from town, so always use what's at hand. Ask my grown sons. Oh, the stories. So, I followed all the instructions, except didn't have dates, so substituted (ready?) fresh blueberries. I know they don't even remotely resemble dates, but wait till you hear what happened to the sauce! As it cooked, it turned a gorgeous lavender cream color. Ah, so beautiful. Goat cheese replaced the mascarpone (which I suspect prevented the sweetness that was prominent in others' comments) and it added an absolutely awesome depth of flavor. Tomato dices (didn't have cucumbers either!) sprinkled liberally added to the beautiful colors -- cream-colored couscous, light-blue tinted sauce with bright red accents. And, the flavors...Let's eat!

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bee

Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2012

This recipe is now in regular rotation- the blend of these unique flavors makes the dish really special, and it's so easy to make!

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Shannon

Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2012

I just finished making and eating this dish! I made a few changes: I used 6 chicken thighs instead of breast and doubled the sauce ingredients (except the capers since my boyfriend doesn't like them; I only used 1/4 cup). I grilled the chicken on our PC grill (like a George Foreman) and it wasn't dry at all. I used the couscous in a box that has raisins and nuts in it as I felt it would go well with the dates and capers in the sauce - I was right! I omitted the cucumber as I don't like them. I followed the chef's suggestions in his comment post and didn't put the sauce on the couscous - only on the chicken. And I made sure to squeeze some lemon juice over the chicken and sauce once I had plated it. It was all delicious! 2 thumbs up! :)

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JillianC

Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2012

Thanks for all the comments I am glad you enjoyed it . Now some comments I added to times back but I guess it went under a adapted version .. so did not show up ..."Well actually I never wrote the chicken should be grilled when I transmitted the recipe, the Editor here at allrecipes.com took a few liberties i don't agree with . I would either poach the chicken or finish it in the oven i it gets to dry otherwise . And I would keep the chicken off the Couscous and don't sprinkle Dates on the CousCous ( gets to sweet.. ) and then the sauce needs to go on the chicken as well on the tomatoes and cucumbers ... ( Please see picture ) Just my original instructions , but you are free to try the editors way of doing it :-)" For the sweetness it is important to top it with the lime juice and as I said to season it , it should be a fine balance between sweet sour and savory flavor.

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Wickedchef

Cooking Level: Professional

Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2012

The sauce alone was amazing!!!! such a wonderful mix of flavors and textures this dish is... a definite redo!!!

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Jodie

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Spokane, Washington, USA

Living In: Woodward, Oklahoma, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 14, 2012

I don't know how the sauce would taste using cream but it was wonderful using half and half instead. When grilling chicken for dinner one evening we grilled extra chicken to have on hand to use for this recipe. That way this recipe was ready in less than 30 mins. The picture does not do the presentation of this dish justice. It was very attractive with the red tomto and green cucumber on top.

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