Vegetarian mains
ChefDalida Zaiter
Beef Couscous
Couscous is one of the Maghreb’s best-known dishes. You can prepare beef couscous with this clear, tested home recipe, provided you have ready small couscous grains.
Ingredients
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- 1 kg beef
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 onions
- 1 tablespoon couscous spice
- 4 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1.5 liters water
- 1½ cups boiled chickpeas
- 3 carrots
- turnip
- white cabbage
- 3 zucchini
- pumpkin pieces
- red pepper
- ½ kilo couscous grains
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Click the link for the bulgur with meat recipe: Bulgur with Meat (Burghul Badfin)
Method
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- Start by browning the beef in vegetable oil. Add the onions cut into wedges and the couscous spice (or a small mix of ground ginger, saffron, and turmeric). Also add salt, black pepper, and tomato paste. Stir the meat with the spices, add the water, and let the meat simmer gently over low heat.
- Before the meat is fully cooked, add the boiled chickpeas, carrots, turnip, and white cabbage. Let everything simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes.Timers: 10 min
- Add the zucchini, pumpkin, and red pepper and leave them with the other ingredients for about 5 minutes.Timers: 5 min
- Meanwhile, mix the couscous with 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and ½ cup cold water; rub them well and place the couscous in a sieve or a special couscous steamer — or any nonstick pot available.
- Put the butter on the couscous and add a little of the meat cooking stock and rub it well to make sure it's cooked and has absorbed the flavors of the meat and vegetables in the broth.
- Place the couscous on a serving dish and top with the vegetables and meat and garnish as desired.
Recipe tags
Vegetarian mainsMaghrebiNut freeHigh proteinBoiledBeefLambLegumes
