Chicken Thyme with Green Bean Couscous
plus Tomato Cream Sauce & Lemon
- Wheat
- Milk
This dish will quickly become one of your go-to faves, while also walking you through the basics of a game-changing pan sauce (it’s all about the sauce!). Pan-seared chicken seasoned with thyme is served on a springy bed of lemon couscous loaded with garlicky sautéed green beans and scallions. Top with a buttery tomato-cream pan sauce and a squeeze of fresh lemon for bright, juicy contrast. What time is it? Dinner thyme!
Ingredients
6 ounce
Green Beans
1 unit
Tomato
1 unit
Lemon
2 unit
Scallions
2 clove
Garlic
2.5 ounce
Israeli Couscous
(Contains: Wheat)
10 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
1 teaspoon
Dried Thyme
2 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
2 tablespoon
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
2 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
2 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Trim green beans if necessary; cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces. Peel and finely chop garlic. Finely dice tomato. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Zest and quarter lemon.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add green beans and half the garlic; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and slightly blistered, 5-6 minutes. TIP: If green beans haven’t softened, stir in 1-2 TBSP water and cook a bit more. • Turn off heat; transfer to a plate; cover with foil to keep warm. Wipe out pan.
• While green beans cook, melt 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in a small pot over medium-high heat. Add couscous and remaining garlic; cook, stirring, until fragrant, 30 seconds. • Stir in ¾ cup water (1½ cups for 4) and a big pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until couscous is tender, 6-8 minutes. • Drain any excess water if necessary. Keep covered off heat until ready to use in Step 6.
• Pat chicken* dry with paper towels; season all over with thyme, salt, and pepper. • Heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for green beans over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes per side. • Remove pan from heat. Transfer chicken to a cutting board to rest; tent with foil to keep warm. Let pan cool for 1-2 minutes.
• Melt 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in same pan over medium heat. Add tomato and scallion whites; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, 2-3 minutes. • Stir in stock concentrates and ¼ cup water (1⁄3 cup for 4). Cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly reduced, 2-3 minutes. • Remove pan from heat. Whisk in cream cheese until melted and combined. Season with salt and pepper.
• Slice chicken crosswise. • To pot with couscous, stir in green beans, scallion greens, and lemon zest. Stir in a squeeze of lemon juice to taste. Season with salt and pepper to taste. • Divide green bean couscous between plates. Top with chicken; drizzle with tomato cream sauce. Serve with remaining lemon wedges on the side.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the tomato cream sauce, calling it delicious and restaurant-quality. The lemon and thyme combination was a hit 🍋.
- Ease of prep: Some found it took longer than expected, with multiple steps and pans. Consider starting the couscous first for better timing.
- Suggestions: Cook green beans longer for tenderness; some preferred them separate from couscous. Consider pounding chicken for even thickness.
- Leftovers: Several mentioned it reheated well, though some wanted larger portions, especially of the couscous and sauce.
- Texture: The pearl couscous was a pleasant surprise for many first-timers, adding nice texture to the dish.
Reviews from our home cooks
Wasn't expecting chicken with just thyme as seasoning to taste like anything but this was REALLY good! Also almost didn't combine green beans, lemon zest with the couscous but glad I did. And can I say I didn't have hope putting the tomatoes in the cream sauce but now I'm headed back for a third helping. This is definitely a REPEAT!
This is one of the best meals we have made. The quick sauteed green beans with the tomato in the sauce add such fresh flavors and the thyme on the chicken is divine. Put all that with our all time favorite couscous and it's a winner!
This was good but lots of steps. Cleaning pan twice. Sauce was tasty but it could have been less ingredients and still tasty. Couscous had garlic. Chicken had thyme. Green bean to cut into smaller pieces and garlic. The cause was tomato and onions and sour cream. Oil for each. Just so many extra spices. It would have been tasty with the thyme chicken tomatoes and couscous
The tomato cream sauce is the highlight of the meal, one of the best sauces made so far. The Portion size is also excellent, the only real change I would make is to the chicken seasoning. Perhaps a Tuscan heat instead of just Thyme
This was delicious, the mix of thyme and lemon was perfect. The pearl couscous with green beans added nice texture and flavor
Loved the light seasoning and flavor of the chicken and couscous with the lemon. It was even better the next day for lunch!
Easy to make and great flavors. We like to add the thyme to the chicken after it's mostly cooked. Otherwise the spices burn.
This was good! My changes: dropped sautéed beans on the floor so they didn't make it. I sautéed my couscous with sundried tomatoes oil, chopped sundried tomatoes, and fresh tomatoes, then topped it with parmesan so that when I added it to the chicken and sauce, it thickened. Plus this added extra flavor.
Love complex flavors. LOVE THIS. The butteryness of the couscous and the beans and the lemon and the thyme. The sauce. Each flavor is there to compliment the others but none of them is muddled by another flavor. Everything is there. Other than I don't like the texture of couscous I can't find anything wrong with this dish. I licked my plate clean like a savage. It's really light on the belly too. I love this dish
So delicious!!! Veggies were absolutely perfect in the lemon, and the super creamy and kind of sweet/tangy tomato sauce was a great add to the chicken. Wonderful tasting dish and pretty unique from many of the other (yet still classic & good staples) "chicken/veggie recipes".
