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Couscous with toasted pine nuts

Servings:
Serves 6 to 8 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoon (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
  • 2 cup chopped yellow onion (2 onions)
  • 3 cup chicken stock, preferably homemade
  • 5 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 cup couscous (12 ounces)
  • 1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted (see note)
  • 1/2 cup minced fresh parsley

Preparation

Baking Directions:

If you can boil a pot of water, you can make couscous.

To make my life easy when I'm entertaining, I sauté the onions, add the stock, salt, and pepper and set it aside.

Before dinner, all I have to do is heat the stock, add the couscous, and wait ten minutes for a delicious side dish with no stress.

Melt the butter in a large saucepan.

Add the onion and cook over medium-low heat for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender but not browned.

Add the chicken stock, salt, and pepper and bring to a full boil.

Stir in the couscous, turn off the heat, cover, and allow to steam for 10 minutes.

Fluff with a fork, stir in the pine nuts and parsley, and serve hot.

To toast pine nuts, place them in a dry sauté pan and cook over low heat for 10 minutes, tossing often, until lightly browned.