Looking for a delicious and healthy recipe to prepare a couscous salad that's perfect for your next gathering or meal? Look no further! Couscous is a versatile grain that can form the base of a flavorful and satisfying salad. With endless possibilities for ingredients and dressings, there's a couscous salad recipe out there to suit every taste and dietary preference. Whether you prefer a classic Mediterranean-inspired salad with fresh vegetables and herbs, a hearty salad with roasted vegetables and grilled meats, or a light and refreshing salad with citrus and fruit, discovering the best recipe for your next couscous salad is a culinary adventure waiting to be explored.
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SUMMER COUSCOUS SALAD
Capture the flavours of summer in this simple, hearty couscous salad. With fried halloumi, vine tomatoes and courgettes, it's perfect for an al fresco lunch
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Buffet, Dinner, Lunch, Side dish, Snack, Starter, Supper
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Tip the couscous into a bowl, pour the boiling stock over and mix well with a fork. Cover with a plate and leave for 4 minutes. Meanwhile, tip all the dressing ingredients into a bowl and mix well. Fluff up the couscous with a fork, stir in the chickpeas and follow with half the dressing. Mix well and pile on to a large serving dish.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan and fry the courgette slices over a high heat for 2-3 minutes until dark golden brown. Lift out on to kitchen paper. Now put the tomatoes cut-side down into the pan, and cook for another couple of minutes until tinged brown on the underside. Top the couscous with the courgettes and then the tomatoes.
- If the pan is dry, pour in a little more oil and heat it up, then add the halloumi strips and fry for 2-3 minutes, turning them over from time to time, until crisp and sizzled brown. Pile on top of the tomatoes, and drizzle with the remaining dressing. Serve as soon as possible.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 721 calories, Fat 50 grams fat, SaturatedFat 14 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 47 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 1 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 23 grams protein, Sodium 2.86 milligram of sodium
PEARL COUSCOUS SALAD
This is a take-off of a pricey deli salad that my family loves. Using ingredients at home, it is much more affordable so we can enjoy it more often. Store salad in the fridge, covered, for up to a week.
Provided by Susan
Categories Salad 100+ Pasta Salad Recipes
Time 8h50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir couscous in the hot oil until toasted and fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. Add 2 1/2 cups water to couscous and bring to a boil; cover skillet and cook until couscous is tender, about 10 minutes. Rinse couscous in a colander with cold water and transfer to a bowl. Mix 1/4 cup olive oil into couscous and stir to coat.
- Place lentils in a small pan and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until lentils are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and rinse lentils under cold water in a colander; add to couscous.
- Mix tomatoes, cucumber, red bell pepper, cranberries, raisins, red onion, chives, parsley, green onion, and sumac into couscous-lentil mixture.
- Beat 1/4 cup olive oil, lemon juice, honey, salt, and pepper together in a bowl; pour over couscous-lentil mixture and stir until coated. Refrigerate salad for flavors to blend, 8 hours to overnight.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 560.3 calories, Carbohydrate 82.2 g, Fat 21 g, Fiber 9.9 g, Protein 12.7 g, SaturatedFat 2.9 g, Sodium 42.8 mg, Sugar 22 g
WHOLE WHEAT COUSCOUS SALAD
A vegetarian spin on a Moroccan classic - served with a spicy tomato broth.
Time 17m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Combine 3/4 cup water and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Stir in couscous and reduce heat to low; cover and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and set couscous aside, covered, for 10 minutes. Uncover pan, fluff couscous with a fork and spoon into a serving bowl; let cool to room temperature.
- When cool, add beans, scallion and broccoli to couscous; toss gently but well.
- In a small bowl, combine red pepper flakes, cumin, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and tomato juice; stir well. Stir in vinegar and oil, and pour over couscous salad; toss gently but well. Yields about 1 cup per serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 95 kcal
WW COUSCOUS SALAD
This is a filling, low points salad. If you really want to make it lower points, cut the amount of couscous you use (my usual couscous is 9 points per cup). I actually use 1/3 cup couscous for 3 points and leave out the olive oil from the dressing to make it really lean. As written, this recipe provides a total of 12 points but using 1/3 cup couscous and no olive oil gives 3 points only. Serves 2 as a lunch or up to 4 as a side dish. Cook time includes half an hour for the salad to chill in the refrigerator. This is easy to increase for large groups or take-to-work lunches.
Provided by Shuzbud
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 45m
Yield 2-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat the broth to boiling, or crumble a stock cube into 3/4 cup boiling water and stir until dissolved.
- Add the couscous to the hot broth, cover and leave to "cook"- about 5 minutes. Then allow to cool while chopping the salad veggies.
- Quarter the cherry tomatoes and finely dice the cucumber, bell pepper and spring onions/ scallions.
- Make the dressing- pour into a small jug or bowl the olive oil and red wine vinegar. Season to taste with salt and pepper and whisk until the two liquids are completely blended together.
- Fluff the couscous with a fork.
- Add the salad veggies to the couscous and stir.
- Drizzle the dressing over and stir to mix.
- Cover and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to chill and for the flavours to blend.
- Serve and enjoy!
SUNNY'S SIMPLE SUMMERTIME COUSCOUS SALAD
Provided by Sunny Anderson
Categories side-dish
Time 2h25m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Make the dressing: In a large bowl, whisk together the honey, orange juice, a pinch of salt, mustard, olive oil and a few grinds of black pepper. Whisk until combined, then slowly add the oil while whisking until it is all combined. Taste and season with more salt, if needed. Set aside.
- Make the salad: To the bowl of dressing, add the cooked couscous, cucumbers and sweet peppers. Toss to coat and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, tossing a few times as it chills.
- Finish and serve. Remove the salad from the refrigerator and toss again. Garnish with the orange sections, basil and mint.
COUSCOUS SALAD
Provided by Bryan Miller
Categories salads and dressings, side dish
Time 35m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a pot, bring the water, salted, to a boil and add couscous and stir with fork. Remove from heat. The couscous, which will have absorbed all of the water, will be soft but should not be sticky.
- In separate pot put wine, garlic, onion, parsley. Bring to a boil and simmer 5 minutes.
- Add mussels to second pot. Cover and cook until mussels open, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Cut lettuce leaves into 1/2-inch strips. Dice scallions and celery coarsely. Slice tomatoes.
- Remove mussels from shells. Drain all juice into pot with white wine.
- In a salad bowl arrange couscous, lettuce, tomatoes, mussels, celery and scallions.
- To make dressing, strain the wine-mussel juice mixture and mix about half of it with olive oil and juice from one lemon, or to taste. Salt and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 712, UnsaturatedFat 26 grams, Carbohydrate 58 grams, Fat 33 grams, Fiber 9 grams, Protein 36 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 1818 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams
WW 5 POINTS TROPICAL COUSCOUS SALAD
Make and share this Ww 5 Points Tropical Couscous Salad recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Parrot Head Mama
Categories Mango
Time 25m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bring water and 1/2 t. of salt to boil in small saucepan and remove from heat.
- Stir in couscous, cover and let stand until water is absorbed and couscous is tender (about 5 minutes).
- Fluff couscous with a fork, cool to room temperature.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together lime juice, oil, cumin and remaining 1/2 t. of salt until blended.
- Add mango, pineapple, cilantro and onion, toss to mix.
- Add couscous to fruit mixture, toss to mix and coat.
- Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate up to 1 day.
- Points figured for a heaping 3/4 cup per serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 86.8, Fat 4.9, SaturatedFat 0.4, Sodium 390.8, Carbohydrate 11.9, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 9, Protein 0.5
COUSCOUS SALAD
This couscous salad incorporates carrots, onions, and peas for a vegetable-filled dish.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Salad Recipes
Yield Makes about 8 cups
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. Bring a medium saucepan of water to a boil. Add shelled peas, and cook for 2 minutes. Transfer to ice-water bath to stop cooking. Drain, and set aside.
- Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion, red pepper, carrot, garlic, and a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is translucent and carrots are tender, about 5 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon salt and curry powder, and cook for 1 minute more.
- Add 2 1/2 cups water and dried cranberries. Bring to a boil. Stir in couscous and the cooked peas. Cover, and remove from heat; let sit for 5 minutes. Remove cover, and fluff with a fork. Serve immediately.
Tips:
- Cook the couscous according to the package directions. For best results, use a 1:2 ratio of couscous to water or broth.
- Fluff the couscous with a fork before adding the other ingredients. This will help to prevent it from becoming clumpy.
- Use a variety of vegetables in your salad. This will add flavor, color, and texture.
- Don't be afraid to experiment with different dressings. A simple vinaigrette is always a good choice, but you can also try a creamy dressing, a yogurt-based dressing, or a citrus-based dressing.
- Add some protein to your salad. This could be grilled chicken, fish, shrimp, or tofu.
- Serve the salad immediately or chill it for later. Couscous salad is a great make-ahead dish.
Conclusion:
Couscous salad is a delicious, healthy, and versatile dish that is perfect for any occasion. It can be served as a main course, a side dish, or a light lunch. With so many different variations to choose from, there is sure to be a couscous salad that everyone will enjoy.
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