Herbed Couscous

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups couscous
• 1.5 cups boiling chicken stock or water
• 1 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
• 2 tbsp fresh mint, chopped
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• Salt, pepper

Method

1. Place couscous and butter in a bowl. Pour boiling stock over. Cover tightly with plastic wrap.

2. Let sit 5 min. Fluff with a fork.

3. Toss with herbs, lemon juice, salt, pepper.

What You're Practicing

• Couscous isn't a grain — it's tiny pasta. It cooks by absorption in 5 minutes.
• The butter added before the liquid coats each grain and prevents clumping.