New Recipes Couscous With Pine Nuts and Mint - ★Cooking Recipes★

This quick and easy couscous dish can make a yummy side or a satisfying meal.
Directions for: Couscous With Pine Nuts and Mint

Ingredients

2 Tbsp good olive oil

1 Tbsp unsalted butter

1 cup chopped yellow onion

3 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade

1 1/2 cups couscous

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

1/2 cup julienned fresh mint leaves, loosely packed

1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted

Directions

1. Heat the oil and butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook over medium-low heat for 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender but not browned. Add the stock and bring to a boil. Stir in the couscous, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and remove from the heat. Cover the pot tightly and allow the couscous to steam for 10 minutes. Fluff the couscous with a fork and stir in the mint and pine nuts. Taste for seasonings and add about 1 teaspoon salt, depending on the saltiness of the stock, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Serve hot.

Source and Credits

"Cooking for Jeffrey" by Ina Garten Clarkson Potter 2016. Provided courtesy of Ina Garten. All rights reserved.

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