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Cous Cous Salad

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Introduction

This is my favourite salad. I eat this all the time with virtually any type of cooked meat and especially with ribs.

Ingredients

Serves: 2 - 4

  • 1 cup couscous
  • 1¼ cups chicken broth
  • 1 handful chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 handful chopped fresh basil
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • ½ finely chopped spanish onion
  • 1 finely diced carrot
  • ½ finely diced red bell pepper
  • 1 tomato (deseeded and finely diced)
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber (deseeded and finely diced)
  • 1 small red chile (optional)
  • ½ butternut squash (chopped into cubes)
  • lemon slices
  • sliced limes

Method

Cous Cous Salad is a community recipe submitted by lexi14 and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

  • 1 boil the chicken broth and add in the couscous, once cool mix in everything else and let sit for a while.
  • Just before serving add in the lemon and lime slices on top
  • Additional Information

    Occasionally I will roast the veg all together with some garlic and add in zucchini (courgette), eggplant, squash and so on for some extra flavour.

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