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Mediterranean chorizo couscous is a delicious quick healthy budget meal. You'll love the flavours of the smoky sweet lightly toasted couscous. It'll make your taste buds sing! 
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📋 Mediterranean Chorizo Couscous

Mediterranean chorizo couscous is a delicious quick healthy budget meal. You'll love the flavours of the smoky sweet lightly toasted couscous. It'll make your taste buds sing! 
Course Dinner
Cuisine Mediterranean
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 2 people
Calories 579kcal
Author Neil

Ingredients

  • 175 g Couscous
  • 300 ml hot stock Chicken or vegetable
  • 1 thumb sized piece of chorizo about 2 inches, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic finely chopped
  • 1 red pepper diced
  • 1 green pepper diced
  • 1 small red onion diced
  • 8 cherry tomatoes halved
  • 1 tablespoon freshly chopped basil
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 180 C
  • Place the couscous in a saucepan, add the hot stock and bring to the oil. then cover the saucepan, remove it from the heat and allow it to stand for 5 minutes then use a fork to fluff it up.
  • Whilst the couscous is cooking, gently heat a cast iron skillet frying pan until hot then add the chorizo stir-frying it to release its flavour and oil. Once the chorizo is crisp but not burnt, remove it with a slotted spoon and put it to the side leaving the oil in the pan.
  • Add the garlic, peppers and onion to the hot chorizo oil and stir-fry for 2 minutes or so then stir in the cherry tomatoes, basil and paprika
  • Then add the cooked couscous and cooked chorizo, mix everything together well and season to taste with the salt and pepper.
  • Place in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
  • Once cooked through remove from the oven and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 579kcal | Carbohydrates: 86.7g | Protein: 24.5g | Fat: 14.5g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6.5g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 606.5mg | Potassium: 25mg | Fiber: 8.4g | Sugar: 9.5g | Vitamin A: 900IU | Vitamin C: 184.8mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 2.7mg