Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, couscous pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
It's got the benefits of a salad and the presentation is simple and elegant with the pearl-like pasta shape! The best part of it is that it's served cold, straight out of the fridge. It seriously gives you the cool down you need when coming indoors to escape the heat. In a large bowl, combine the cucumber, tomatoes, cheese, onion and parsley.
Couscous pasta salad is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Couscous pasta salad is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have couscous pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Couscous pasta salad:
- Get 1 cup chicken broth
- Prepare 1 cup Couscous
- Take 1/4 cup Red Onion - Diced
- Make ready 1 cup Cucumber - Diced
- Get 1 cup Cherry Tomatoes - Halved
- Take 1 cup Brocolli - Chopped
- Take 2 tbsp Fresh Dill
- Make ready 1/3 cup Feta Cheese
- Take 2 tbsp Balsamic Vinegarette Salad Dressing
- Make ready 1/4 tsp Salt
Stir to combine then season to taste with salt and pepper. Drain and rinse with cold water. Add the drained couscous to the dressing and mix well. Stir in the cucumber, tomato, herbs, walnuts and raisins.
Instructions to make Couscous pasta salad:
- Bring chicken broth to boil in a small pot. Remove from heat. Quickly pour in Couscous and stir briefly, then cover pot. Let stand for 5 minutes. Then fluff with a fork and stir in the herb a bit.
- Chop up all your veggies. Place in bowl.
- Add Coucous to the same bowl and the rest of the ingredients. Stir it all up.
- You can eat it right away, but it's best to let it sit covered in the fridge for at least an hour first or preferabley overnight.
Add the drained couscous to the dressing and mix well. Stir in the cucumber, tomato, herbs, walnuts and raisins. Taste for seasoning and adjust with salt and/or pepper as needed. As a salad, it's often served with feta cheese, diced cucumber and sometimes with chickpeas. Couscous is a very small, ball-shaped (or rice-shaped) pasta.
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