Couscous Salad with Chickpeas, Dates & Cinnamon

Name: Couscous Salad with Chickpeas, Dates & Cinnamon
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 539 grams chickpeas, rinsed and drained; 473 milliliters shredded carrots; 411 grams chicken broth; 283 grams package couscous; 237 milliliters dates, pitted and roughly chopped; 3 green onions; 1 teaspoon McCormick® Gourmet Collection® Ground Saigon Cinnamon; 0 teaspoons McCormick® Gourmet Collection® Ground Red Pepper; 1 teaspoons McCormick® Gourmet Collection® Ground Black Pepper, divided; 6 Tbsps olive oil; 59 milliliters pinenuts, toasted; 1 teaspoons salt, divided; 3 Tbsps white wine vinegar

Couscous Salad with Chickpeas, Dates & Cinnamon might be a good recipe to expand your side dish repertoire. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 385 calories, 9g of protein, and 15g of fat. If you have couscous, pinenuts, green onions, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free and vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 35 minutes.

Instructions

Finely dice white end of green onions. Slice green parts of green onions and reserve for salad. Gently cook white onion pieces in olive oil 5-7 minutes in a medium saucepan. Stir in chicken broth, cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper and red pepper. Bring to a boil; add couscous. Cover and remove pan from heat.

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Chicken Broth

Black Pepper

Green Onions

White Onion

Red Pepper

Olive Oil

Cinnamon

Couscous

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Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Let stand 5 minutes.

Whisk together vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon salt and olive oil in a small bowl.

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Olive Oil

Vinegar

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Fluff couscous with a fork; put in a large bowl. Toss in sliced green onions, chickpeas, carrots, dates, pinenuts, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon black pepper; add vinaigrette and toss again.

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Black Pepper

Green Onions

Vinaigrette