This fruity salad is an ideal complement to pork.
Original recipe makes 8 servings
Ingredients
1 teaspoon olive oil, or as needed
5 green onions, white parts only, chopped, or more to taste
4 cloves garlic, crushed
2 1/4 cups water
6 dates, pitted and chopped
1/2 (6 ounce) package sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup shelled peanuts
1 1/2 cups pearl (Israeli) couscous
1 teaspoon chopped fresh cilantro, or more to taste
1 mango, peeled and chopped
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PREP
10 mins
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COOK
20 mins
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READY IN
30 mins
Directions
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; saute onion and garlic until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Add water to onion mixture and bring to a boil.
- Stir dates, cranberries, raisins, and peanuts into onion mixture and bring to a boil again. Add couscous and cilantro to dried fruit-onion mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover skillet, and simmer until water is mostly absorbed, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Stir mango into couscous mixture, return cover, and simmer until all the water is absorbed and couscous is tender, about 5 more minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 236 kcal
Carbohydrates: 48.3 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Fat: 3.2 g
Fiber: 3.8 g
Protein: 5.5 g
Sodium: 45 mg