Couscous With Pine Nuts and Mint

• portionen: 6 servings
• gesamtzeit: 25 minutes

Zutaten

2 tablespoons good olive oil

1 tablespoon 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

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

1/2 cup julienned fresh mint leaves, loosely packed

1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted

Anweisungen

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.

Nährwertangaben

• Kalorien: 330
• Gesamtfett: 13g
• Gesättigtes Fett: 3g
• Cholesterin: 9mg
• Natrium: 496mg
• Gesamtkohlenhydrate: 43g
• Ballaststoffe: 4g
• Zucker insgesamt: 3g
• Eiweiß: 10g