You can use whole wheat couscous in this recipe to have healthy carbohydrates. This dish can be served as a salad (you can add more ingredients to make it a rich salad), a side dish or as a main dish if served with a beef stew, chicken stew or whatever strikes your fancy!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Total Time 37 minutes
Servings 2
Ingredients
- 1 medium head broccoli crown
- 1 cup fine plain dry couscous
- 1 ½ cup warm water
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Salt to taste
Instructions
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Separate the broccoli florets.
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Place broccoli in a food processor and pulse until obtain fine couscous sized granules(about 2 cups).
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Heat about 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium low heat and add in the blended broccoli.
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Cook for about 7 minutes, stirring constantly and add salt to taste. Stir and set aside.
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Prepare couscous by putting in a bowl, water, pinch of salt and about 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
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Pour in the couscous and let absorb the water completely for about 5 minutes. The couscous will double or triple in size, so you may obtain up to 3 cups couscous.
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Fluff couscous with a fork, then place in a steamer.
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Steam couscous for about 15 minutes(I like to steam my couscous, I think that it tastes better when
steamed).
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Pour couscous in a large bowl, and fluff with a fork again.
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Drizzle with about 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
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Mix 2 cups steamed couscous with the blended cooked broccoli. You can add less couscous to the blended broccoli if you prefer less carbs.
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Serve Broccoli Couscous drizzled with olive oil.