Chili Flavored Couscous Recipes

VEGETARIAN CHILI WITH COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Heat oil in an large stockpot over medium heat. Add onion, green pepper, garlic and jalapeno and saute 2 minutes.
• Add herbs and spices and salt.
• Stir well to coat vegetables.
• Add tomatoes, broth and beans and bring mixture to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 3 minutes.
• Add couscous and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes.
• Discard bay leaf.
• Ladle chili into boals and top with your favorite toppings.

SWEET CHILI LIME CHICKEN WITH CILANTRO COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir chicken breast cubes in the hot oil until the juices run clear and chicken is no longer pink inside, 5 to 6 minutes. Sprinkle chicken with monosodium glutamate as it cooks. Remove chicken from skillet.
• Mix soy sauce, brown sugar, red pepper flakes, lime juice, and lime zest in a bowl, stirring to dissolve sugar. Pour sauce into hot skillet, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce begins to reduce slightly, 3 to 4 minutes. Mix cooked chicken into sauce and cook until sauce forms a glaze on chicken pieces, about 2 to 3 more minutes, stirring often.
• Bring vegetable broth to a boil in a saucepan. Stir couscous into vegetable broth, turn off the heat, and let couscous stand until broth is absorbed, about 5 minutes. Stir cilantro into couscous.
• Arrange couscous onto a serving platter, top with chicken and sauce, and serve with lime wedges. Squeeze lime wedges over couscous and chicken before serving.

CHILI-FLAVORED COUSCOUS

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan cook the onion in the oil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until it is golden, add the chili powder, and cook the mixture, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the broth, bring the liquid to a boil, and stir in the couscous. Cover the pan, remove it from the heat, and let the couscous stand for 5 minutes. Fluff the couscous with a fork and stir in the scallion greens.