Quick Couscous

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Saffron Shores: Jewish Cooking of the Southern Mediterranean

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 2002

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Ingredients

  • 3 cups couscous
  • 4 ½ to 4 ¾ cups boiling water
  • 1 teaspoon</

Method

Ignore the box instructions that tell you to pour couscous into boiling water. It will cook but it will not be light and may not absorb all of the water evenly. It needs room to expand and swell. Instead, pour the couscous into a baking dish or lasagna pan. Season the boiling water with the salt and oil and pour 4 ½ cu