Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Sausage and Cous Cous Salad


I'm sure I've written here before about how much I love cous cous.  It is definitely one of the quickest and easiest ingredients of all time!  I make variations of this recipe quite regularly, with whatever's hanging around - other yummy ingredients to add include a can of corn, peas, sweet potato, pumpkin or cherry tomatoes.

You can leave the onion and capsicum raw, but my kids aren't so keen, so I just pop them in the pan with the sausages until cooked.  This is delicious served with a drizzle of sweet chili sauce.

Get all your fresh vegetables from Charlie's Fruit Market!
 

Ingredients (serves 6)
6 sausages
1 cup cous cous
1 cup boiling water
1 can of chickpeas
1 capsicum, chopped
1 small red onion, sliced
1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
1/2 cup raisins
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 teaspoon ground cumin

Cook sausages in a frying pan over medium-high heat for 8 to 10 minutes, or until browned and cooked through.  (Optional: cook onion and capsicum until tender).  Transfer sausages to a chopping board and slice thickly.

Place cous cous in a heatproof bowl.  Add boiling water.  Cover and stand for 5 minutes.  Use a fork to separate grains.

Add sausages, chickpeas, capsicum, onion, parsley and raisins to cous cous.  Combine oil, lemon juice, garlic and cumin.  Drizzle over salad.  Serve.

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