Israeli Couscous With Asparagus

"My newfound dish...Couscous! From everydayhealth."
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • To cook asparagus place water in a medium saucepan; bring water to a boil. Add asparagus, and cook 2 minutes or just until crisp-tender; drain. Place asparagus in ice water 1 minute; drain. Set aside.
  • Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; sauté 3 to 4 minutes or until tender. Stir in chicken broth and salt; bring to a boil. Add couscous; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and cook 5 minutes.
  • Stir in asparagus, black pepper, red bell pepper and cashews. Cook an additional 3 to 5 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.

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Reviews

  1. This is DELICIOUS!! My first time using Israeli couscous and it is so much better than regular couscous. <br/>The only variation I made to the recipe was to leave out the bell pepper and cashews, which I did not have on hand. <br/>All three of my toddlers ate it up and asked for seconds! Even my husband who does not like regular couscous said it was tasty and had seconds.<br/>I got my Israeli couscous from whole foods. I think it cost me $1 for a cup out of their bulk bins.<br/>Thanks for a great recipe that will definitely be part of my regular rotation!
     
  2. I decided to try this dish since I had all of the ingredients on hand. Overall, a very tasty dish - both of us liked the combination of flavours very much. I don't think, though, that 10 minutes is sufficient cooking time as some of the couscous was still hard in places. Next time, I would increase the cooking time by maybe 5 minutes and add another half cup of liquid.
     
  3. Nice side dish. I used a large shallot in place of the onion.
     
  4. *Made for Australia/NZ Swap #44* OH, this was GOOD !! Only variation from posted recipe, was I had 3 scallions which needed to be used PRONTO, so threw them in with red pepper at the end, in place of chopped onion ! I had bought a case of Israeli couscous from Amazon since it is rarely available at our local super -- but is the star ingredient for this recipe ! Thanks for posting, gailanng.
     
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