Michael's Great Cous Cous Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 250 g couscous (packet in supermarket)
• 500 ml chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small spanish onion, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 large fresh red chili, seeds removed, finely sliced
• 75 g pistachios, shelled and roughly chopped
• 50 g currants
• 1/2 fine grated a lemon, rind of
• 1/2 finely grated an orange, rind of
• 1 quarter preserved lemon, washed well, use rind only, finely chopped
• 8 large mint leaves, finely chopped
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in frying pan and cook onions, garlic and chilli over medium heat until soft (4 mins) . add pistachios, currants, lemon and orange rind, preserved lemoon and mint and cook for another minute. remove from heat and set aside.
• 2 put cous cous in large bowl. bring stock to the boil and pour over cous cous, occasionally stirring with a fork so it doesn't stick together in lumps. when almost cool, fork in 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
• 3 when ready to serve combine all ingredients and fork through the dressing.