Quick Recipe ⇒ Quick Moroccan Couscous

Tried to replicate couscous portion from the Moroccan chicken from Cheesecake Factory®.

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 cup pearl (Israeli) couscous
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ½ cup chopped yellow onion
• 1 shallot, chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, quartered
• ½ cup golden raisins
• ½ cup chopped oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes
• ½ cup slivered almonds
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened

Cooking Directions

1. Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan; stir couscous into the boiling water and cook until couscous absorbs all the water and is cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes.
2. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-low heat; cook and stir onion, shallot, and garlic in the hot oil until onion is lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir raisins, sun-dried tomatoes, and almonds into onion mixture; cook and stir until heated through, about 5 minutes.
3. Stir couscous into onion-raisin mixture; cook and stir until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season couscous mixture with salt and pepper; add lemon juice. Remove skillet from heat and stir butter into couscous mixture.

Nutrition Facts

• calories264.7
• carbohydrateContent38.6 g
• cholesterolContent5.1 mg
• fatContent10.3 g
• fiberContent3.6 g
• proteinContent6.6 g
• saturatedFatContent2.1 g
• sodiumContent207.8 mg
• sugarContent9.6 g