Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 scallions, finely chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
- 1 single-serve bag green tea
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 1/2 cups couscous
- 1/2 cup finely chopped mint leaves, a couple of handfuls
- 1/2 seedless cucumber, peeled and chopped
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 lime, juiced
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Heat the olive oil in sauce pot over medium heat and add the scallions. Season with salt and pepper and saute 2 to 3 minutes. Add stock and bring to a boil, secure tea bag to handle of the pot, and let steep for 1 minute. Remove the tea bag, stir in honey and couscous. Turn off the heat, stir in mint, and cover the pot. Let couscous stand 5 minutes, then fluff with fork and transfer to a serving bowl. Add the cucumber and lemon and lime juice. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, toss to combine and serve.
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By tinydancer1314_...
Ann Arbor, MI
on May 25, 2011
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This is a really simple idea and a great way to make couscous even more versatile. I've made this a few times now because the first time I made couscous, my husband said he didn't like it so I tried again. When I did it this way, with the green tea, he changed his mind and asked me not to make couscous "that other way" ever again. I did try it once with a green chai tea bag and no mint and that was also lovely. Go nuts with this idea, you'll learn some cool things!
By tobyo
on March 17, 2011
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Very good recipe. A few minor adjustments suited my friends and I to a T, no pun intended, and all agree it is a keeper.
By amynryan_12952740
Columbia, 65
on June 23, 2010
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My kids asked for Couscous for dinner thinking it sounded excotic. I was thirlled to find a good recipe for them that was healthy and had familar ingredients for them. We modified this a little, (no green tea, mint or lime and switched to basil with garlic and they loved it. We'll be eating this again and again.
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