Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, warm couscous salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This warm couscous salad is a great dish to bring to a potluck or get-together because it is easy to make and keeps really well if you want to make it ahead of time. Putting this together is a cinch. Israeli Couscous cooks just like pasta (er, in boiling water for those who didn't know).
Warm Couscous Salad is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Warm Couscous Salad is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook warm couscous salad using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Warm Couscous Salad:
- Take 1 eggplant (aubergine)
- Get 2 garlic cloves
- Make ready 1 cup boiling water
- Take 1 cup instant couscous
- Prepare 1 handful pitted olives
- Make ready 4 tomatoes
- Make ready 2 tsp rosemary, finely chopped
- Get 1 tsp ground paprika and cayenne pepper
- Take 1 salt
- Take 1 a few tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
Add Israeli couscous to saucepan and stir to coat in oil. If you are serving warm salad this over a bed of greens, dress the salad greens with about ¼ cup of dressing and place on salad plates. To make the best, most flavorful salad, add the vinaigrette to the couscous while it is still warm. We do the same with pasta salad and even potato salad.
Instructions to make Warm Couscous Salad:
- Heat some oil in a skillet over high heat. Add cubed eggplant. When nicely browned, turn down the heat
- Continue frying the eggplant until soft, add minced garlic. When fragrant, add boiling water and couscous. Take off heat and cover with a lid
- After 10 min, fluff the couscous with a fork, then add chopped olives, cubed tomatoes, rosemary, salt and paprika
- Drizzle with olive oil and serve warm. Enjoy :)
Since the couscous is warm, it soaks up all the flavor from the dressing. Speaking of the dressing, this is one of my go-to recipes. Ok, you guys, I know this is going to sound crazy, but I got my inspiration for this salad from an airplane meal. Pour in chicken stock and increase heat to high. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and cover.
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