Couscous with Pine Nuts

By lisalang

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
• 2 cups chopped yellow onion (2 onions)
• 3 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2 cups couscous
• 1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted
• 1/2 cup minced fresh parsley

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

f you can boil a pot of water, you can make couscous. To make my life easy when I'm entertaining, I sauté the onions, add the stock, salt, and pepper and set it aside. Before dinner, all I have to do is heat the stock, add the couscous, and wait ten minutes for a delicious side dish with no stress.

Melt the butter in a large saucepan. Add the onion and cook over medium-low heat for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender but not browned. Add the chicken stock, salt, and pepper and bring to a full boil. Stir in the couscous, turn off the heat, cover, and allow to steam for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork, stir in the pine nuts and parsley, and serve hot.

To toast pine nuts, place them in a dry sauté pan and cook over low heat for 10 minutes, tossing often, until lightly browned.