Couscous: grain or pasta?

[iceyspots 0]

grain definitely!!

[luvaLimey 0]

A pasta made from a grain.

[Fetaria 0]

1 cup couscous

2 cups chicken broth

1/2 cup dry white wine

2 teaspoons olive oil

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin

1 clove garlic, minced

1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast meat - cubed

1 green bell pepper, cut into large chunks

1 red bell pepper, cut into large chunks

1 yellow bell pepper, cut into large chunks

4 green onions, chopped

1/4 cup pitted black olives

Prepare couscous pasta according to package directions, using chicken broth for liquid. Drain and set aside.

In a large skillet combine the wine, oil, 1 tablespoon lime juice, 1 teaspoon cumin and garlic; mix all together and add chicken. Simmer over low heat until all liquid has evaporated and chicken juices run clear, 5 to 7 minutes.

Remove chicken from skillet and mix in a large bowl with remaining 1 tablespoon lime juice, remaining 1/2 teaspoon cumin, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, green onion and couscous. Garnish with a few black olives per serving

Delicious! Oh How I love Couscous.

[RussianGirl 0]

Really. Here's an example:

We call Cuscuz Paulista, the recipe has tomato sauce, water, corn oil, chicken sauce, green pimento, red pimento, hearts of palms, peas, red pepper sauce, 2 eggs, 2 cans of sardine, green olives, and finally yellow corn flour. It's called cuscuz because of the yellow corn flour than when mixed with boiled water becomes like a pasta. Well that's the best i can explain this recipe in english

WOW! This is interesting! Definitely NOT the couscous I am talking about... It sounds good except for the sardine part! Ewwwwww.... I really think I would like it, because I like all the ingredients you have listed (except for the sardines, of course).

[RussianGirl 0]

1 cup couscous

2 cups chicken broth

1/2 cup dry white wine

2 teaspoons olive oil

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin

1 clove garlic, minced

1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast meat - cubed

1 green bell pepper, cut into large chunks

1 red bell pepper, cut into large chunks

1 yellow bell pepper, cut into large chunks

4 green onions, chopped

1/4 cup pitted black olives

Prepare couscous pasta according to package directions, using chicken broth for liquid. Drain and set aside.

In a large skillet combine the wine, oil, 1 tablespoon lime juice, 1 teaspoon cumin and garlic; mix all together and add chicken. Simmer over low heat until all liquid has evaporated and chicken juices run clear, 5 to 7 minutes.

Remove chicken from skillet and mix in a large bowl with remaining 1 tablespoon lime juice, remaining 1/2 teaspoon cumin, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, green onion and couscous. Garnish with a few black olives per serving

Delicious! Oh How I love Couscous.

Thank you for the recipe! I've never actually experimented with couscous. I just prepare it according to the directions on the package and we have it as a side dish.

I don't eat chicken, so I am thinking of substituting chicken broth with veggie broth, and substituting chicken with something else (mushrooms, perhaps). I can't wait to try it Thanks again!

what the hell is couscous?!!!

It's PASTA!

[RussianGirl 0]

Actualy you're both right!

Thank you

My husband still thinks that couscous is a grain. He says that it is basically flour (grounded grain) and flour is closer to grain than pasta. *sigh*

[Fetaria 0]

1 cup couscous

2 cups chicken broth

1/2 cup dry white wine

2 teaspoons olive oil

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin

1 clove garlic, minced

1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast meat - cubed

1 green bell pepper, cut into large chunks

1 red bell pepper, cut into large chunks

1 yellow bell pepper, cut into large chunks

4 green onions, chopped

1/4 cup pitted black olives

Prepare couscous pasta according to package directions, using chicken broth for liquid. Drain and set aside.

In a large skillet combine the wine, oil, 1 tablespoon lime juice, 1 teaspoon cumin and garlic; mix all together and add chicken. Simmer over low heat until all liquid has evaporated and chicken juices run clear, 5 to 7 minutes.

Remove chicken from skillet and mix in a large bowl with remaining 1 tablespoon lime juice, remaining 1/2 teaspoon cumin, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, green onion and couscous. Garnish with a few black olives per serving

Delicious! Oh How I love Couscous.

Thank you for the recipe! I've never actually experimented with couscous. I just prepare it according to the directions on the package and we have it as a side dish.

I don't eat chicken, so I am thinking of substituting chicken broth with veggie broth, and substituting chicken with something else (mushrooms, perhaps). I can't wait to try it Thanks again!

what the hell is couscous?!!!

It's PASTA!

I have made it as a cold salad without meat as well. Throw in some sugar peas, peppers, carrots, tomatoes, bits of whatever veggies you like. Toss it with a bit of olive oil. Good stuff.

[Meriem_DZ 37]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm, couscous! Love it. It is a pasta made from a grain.

Meriem

[iceyspots 0]

yeah... i miss my mom's cous cous already, is it friday yet???????

[almaty 19]

what the hell is couscous?!!!

i thought it was a porno i saw in college..and the video was grain(y)

Edited June 13, 2006 by almaty2004

[alexil74 0]

what the hell is couscous?!!!

i thought it was a porno i saw in college..and the video was grain(y)

[Carol&Marc 0]

Really. Here's an example:

We call Cuscuz Paulista, the recipe has tomato sauce, water, corn oil, chicken sauce, green pimento, red pimento, hearts of palms, peas, red pepper sauce, 2 eggs, 2 cans of sardine, green olives, and finally yellow corn flour. It's called cuscuz because of the yellow corn flour than when mixed with boiled water becomes like a pasta. Well that's the best i can explain this recipe in english

WOW! This is interesting! Definitely NOT the couscous I am talking about... It sounds good except for the sardine part! Ewwwwww.... I really think I would like it, because I like all the ingredients you have listed (except for the sardines, of course).

Here is the 'Cuscuz' from Northeast of Brasil.

It is basically cooked with salt on steam, and served with coconut milk or butter... You can cut it, but still looks like grainy flour, but doesnt fall from the spoon... Hard to explain in english...

They usually have it for breakfast and anytime you want. My grandma and my mom likes to have it in the afternoon with a good cup of coffee.

Yummy!!! My grandma is from Northeast and usually makes it for us on Sundays... Dang!!! I miss it, even knowing how to do it, its not the same as my grandma...

And I think its a grain...

Carol

[babybunny 2]

what the hell is couscous?!!!

i thought it was a porno i saw in college..and the video was grain(y)

Coz, G. Dubya said so!

[silvanski 1]

Grain [ 23 ] [45.10%]

Pasta [ 22 ] [43.14%]

Hmmm... a compromise is needed

Got it

Grasta

[Nessa 23]

Really. Here's an example:

We call Cuscuz Paulista, the recipe has tomato sauce, water, corn oil, chicken sauce, green pimento, red pimento, hearts of palms, peas, red pepper sauce, 2 eggs, 2 cans of sardine, green olives, and finally yellow corn flour. It's called cuscuz because of the yellow corn flour than when mixed with boiled water becomes like a pasta. Well that's the best i can explain this recipe in english

WOW! This is interesting! Definitely NOT the couscous I am talking about... It sounds good except for the sardine part! Ewwwwww.... I really think I would like it, because I like all the ingredients you have listed (except for the sardines, of course).

Here is the 'Cuscuz' from Northeast of Brasil.

It is basically cooked with salt on steam, and served with coconut milk or butter... You can cut it, but still looks like grainy flour, but doesnt fall from the spoon... Hard to explain in english...

They usually have it for breakfast and anytime you want. My grandma and my mom likes to have it in the afternoon with a good cup of coffee.

Yummy!!! My grandma is from Northeast and usually makes it for us on Sundays... Dang!!! I miss it, even knowing how to do it, its not the same as my grandma...

And I think its a grain...

Carol

dang Carol we should start trading recipes