Couscous with olives

Couscous with olives

  Ready in : 45 mins

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Couscous with olives a try. This recipe serves 4. For $1.42 per serving, this recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and vegan recipe has 302 calories, 7g of protein, and 14g of fat per serving. 25 people have tried and liked this recipe. If you have olives, cherry tomatoes, coriander and chives, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Foodista. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. With a spoonacular score of 72%, this dish is solid.

Ingredients

couscous

couscous

1 cup

vegetable stock

vegetable stock

200 ml

pine nuts

pine nuts

0.25 cup

olive oil

olive oil

2 Tbs

olives

olives

0.25 cup

cherry tomatoes

cherry tomatoes

8

coriander and chives

coriander and chives

2 Tbs

pepper

pepper

0.25 tsp

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Place the couscous grains into a bowl and pour over the hot chicken stock. Cover the bowl and leave couscous to soak the stock for 15 minutes or until tender.

    chicken stock

    chicken stock

    couscous

    couscous

    stock

    stock

    bowl
    bowl
  2. 2
    Meanwhile, toast the pine nuts in a dry frying pan for 3 minutes, shaking the pan from time to time. Set aside.

    pine nuts

    pine nuts

    sandwich bread

    sandwich bread

    frying pan
    frying pan
  3. 3
    Run a fork through the couscous to break up the grains and add olive oil, black olives, tomatoes, toasted pine nuts and herbs.

    black olives

    black olives

    olive oil

    olive oil

    pine nuts

    pine nuts

    couscous

    couscous

    tomato

    tomato

    herbs

    herbs

  4. 4
    Combine.

  5. 5
    Season with pepper and serve warm.

    pepper

    pepper