Quick Moroccan Couscous recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 cups water 1 cup pearl (Israeli) couscous 1 tablespoon olive oil ½ cup chopped yellow onion 1 shallot, chopped 6 cloves garlic, quartered ½ cup golden raisins ½ cup chopped oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes ½ cup slivered almonds ½ teaspoon kosher salt ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon butter, softened
Nutrition Info
- 264.7 caloriescarbohydrate: 38.6 gcholesterol: 5.1 mgfat: 10.3 gfiber: 3.6 gprotein: 6.6 gsaturatedFat: 2.1 gservingSize: -sodium: 207.8 mgsugar: 9.6 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Quick Moroccan Couscous
Directions
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Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan, stir couscous into the boiling water and cook until couscous absorbs all the water and is cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes.
Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-low heat, cook and stir onion, shallot, and garlic in the hot oil until onion is lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir raisins, sun-dried tomatoes, and almonds into onion mixture, cook and stir until heated through, about 5 minutes.
Stir couscous into onion-raisin mixture, cook and stir until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season couscous mixture with salt and pepper, add lemon juice. Remove skillet from heat and stir butter into couscous mixture.