Easiest Way to Refreshing Delicious Couscous Salad

Easiest Way to Refreshing Delicious Couscous Salad Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Couscous Salad. Couscous salad is the perfect party food. Choose from among our most popular renditions for your next picnic or potluck. Place corn in a Dutch oven; cover with water.

Juicy grapes add pops of sweetness to this fresh, tasty side.

Mediterranean Couscous Salad is full of bright fresh flavors with a crazy easy homemade dressing!

This dish is extra quick to make and filled with juicy ripe tomatoes, fresh crisp cucumber, and crunchy bell peppers.

You can cook Couscous Salad using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Couscous Salad

1. You need 200 gms of Moroccan couscous.

2. You need 250 ml of Water.

3. You need 200 ml of Vegetable stock.

4. It’s 1 tbsp of Sliced black olives (15 gms), heaped.

5. It’s 25 gm of Sun dried tomatoes chopped.

6. Prepare 75 gm of Green bell pepper diced.

7. Prepare 50 gm of Red/yellow bell pepper, diced.

8. You need 5 of Cherry tomatoes quartered.

9. You need 75 gm of Red onion finely sliced.

10. It’s 120 gm of Cucumber diced.

11. Prepare 3 tsp of Cilantro finely chopped.

12. It’s 80 gm of Feta cheese crumbled.

13. You need 1/4-1/2 tsp of Paprika.

14. You need 2 tbsp of Pesto.

15. It’s 1 tbsp of Mint leave finely chopped.

16. It’s 1 1/2 tsp of White sesame seed lightly toasted.

17. You need 50 gm of Walnuts toasted.

18. It’s 4 tbsp of Pine nuts toasted.

19. You need 2 tbsp of Golden seedless raisins.

20. It’s to taste of Lemon juice.

21. You need to taste of Salt.

In small bowl, beat lemon juice, oil and salt with wire whisk until well blended; pour over vegetable mixture and toss.

Ingredients In Mediterranean Couscous Salad Dressing.

Lemon juice - This is the flavor base of our dressing.

White wine vinegar - We need a bigger acidity kick and white wine vinegar adds some nice complexity.

Couscous Salad instructions

1. In a pan heat water and stock to a rolling boil..

2. In a large bowl add the couscous. Pour the hot water + stock over it and immediately cover. Keep aside for 10 - 15 minutes. Uncover and fluff the couscous using a fork. Keep aside..

3. In another bowl, toss in all the remaining ingredients and mix well..

4. Add the pesto coated vegetables into the couscous and mix until all the ingredients are well combined..

5. Serve warm or cold..

Olive oil - Feel free to use a nice olive oil as we won't be cooking this dish.

Garlic - Use as much or little as you like.

In a large saucepan, bring broth to a boil.

Also known as Pearl or Gourmet Couscous, Israeli Couscous is the giant forms of the more common tiny couscous.

With a taste and texture almost like pasta, but a unique pearly, slippery surface, it makes a fabulous side or salad.