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29th November 2014

Recipe: Chorizo and Harissa Couscous

Josephine Harrington offers her easy-to-make (and quick) recipe for Chorizo and Harissa couscous

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TLDR

This recipe for chorizo and harissa couscous is seriously quick food, the whole thing done in under 15 minutes. This dish would make a fantastic quick lunch between lectures or after a hard day of essay writing!

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Ingredients: 

– Chorizo

– Onion

– Clove of crushed garlic

– Oil

– 1 tsp of harissa

– Couscous

– Frozen spinach (optional)

Method:

Start by peeling the skin off the chorizo and cut into half circles, cook in a heavy based sauce pan on a medium-high heat. Add a slice onion and a clove of crushed garlic and cook for a couple of minutes in all oil of the chorizo. Once soft, add a tsp of harissa and then add couscous and cover with water on a low heat. Also add frozen spinach, stir fairly frequently and couscous should take less than five minutes.


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