Couscous With Corn
"Simple, hot dish that dresses up plain couscous. You could add chopped red or green bell pepper to the shallot saute too."
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- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
2-4
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons butter or 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 shallot, minced
- 1 cup chicken broth or 1 cup vegetable broth
- 3⁄4 cup couscous
- 1⁄3 cup fresh corn or 1/3 cup thawed frozen corn
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 pinch cayenne (optional)
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
directions
- Melt butter in saucepan.
- Add shallot and saute 1 to 2 minutes, or until tender.
- Add chicken broth and bring to a boil.
- Add couscous, corn, pepper, cayenne and salt.
- Cover; remove from heat and set aside 5 minutes.
- Fluff with a fork.
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Reviews
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So simple and delicious. We all liked it. We didn't have shallot so we skipped the step 2. We used a can of corn and it was still good but next time I'll try with frozen corn. Thanks Wi Cheesehead. Made for Zaar Star Game. -
The family enjoyed this dish - plenty of flavour. We served it with the Oven Fried Garlic chicken (recipe 83561) and this was a good match. -
As written, a little bland for our taste, but easily salvagable with the addition of a little more cayenne and some fresh herbs. -
This was my first time making couscous. I had more than the 1/3 cup of corn, had to use up the rest of the bag. It turned out fantastic. I'm a big couscous fan now! The cayenne is a must! I also added some garlic, I love garlic. I had to send this one to my son in college as they are trying couscous also. Thanks for a great recipe. -
This was very good! A little on the plain side flavor-wise, but paired brilliantly with recipe #200296 (which was a little on the spicier side). I had about 1/2 cup corn and just 2/3 cup couscous I needed to use, but after reading the couscous package directions (which called for 1 cup liquid for that amount of couscous) I used what I had and left all the other ingredient amounts the same. I'm a recent convert to couscous (never cared for it much in the past) and I liked the sweetness that the corn & shallot added. Thanks so much for the recipe!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
WI Cheesehead
Watertown, Wisconsin
I am a Christian wife and mother of 3 kids. Since my DH's high cholesterol, we've been eating better. I never used to like cooking. Since eating better, I've liked learning and preparing new recipes. My kids haven't reconciled themselves to the new eating yet. I grind my own grain and make all my own breads.?Working 2 hours a day in the local high school lunch room.??I am homeschooling my high schooler.? ?Also found out 1 child has multiple food allergies (wheat, dairy, tomato, chocolate, etc) and another is gluten sensitive. So, we just started (July 09) eating gluten and dairy free. I've been busy with getting our house market ready, even though it's not the best time for that.?
