Best Rachael Rays Vegetable Couscous Recipes

POACHED CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES WITH COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Season chicken breasts with salt and arrange in a deep, large skillet. Cover chicken with vegetables. Add bay leaf, thyme sprigs, and chicken stock to the pan. Place over high heat and bring to a boil, covered. Reduce heat to simmer and cook for 15 minutes. Remove bay and thyme sprigs. Remove the chicken breasts and cut into slices. Return chicken slices to the pan and adjust seasoning, to your taste. Put the couscous into a heatproof serving bowl. Ladle 1 1/2 cups of the hot cooking liquid over the couscous, cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Remove the lid, season the couscous with salt, and fluff with a fork. Put a scoop of couscous into a serving bowl, top with chicken chunks and vegetables. Cover meat and vegetables with some broth. Garnish each serving with chives and parsley.
• Refrigerate or freeze the whole breast pieces for Portuguese Chicken.

RACHAEL RAY'S VEGETABLE COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Place a large saucepan over med-high heat; add in the first 5 ingredients; season with salt and pepper.
• Saute and stir frequently for 7-8 minutes.
• Add in pumpkin and broth; stir to combine.
• Add in cumin and coriander; bring broth to a boil.
• Stir in couscous; cover and remove from heat.
• Let stand 5 minutes, then remove lid and fluff couscous using a fork.
• Remove bay leaf and add in chopped tomato, cilantro, and parsley.
• Toss mixture and transfer to a serving platter.
• Serve with warm Mediterranean flat breads.

MAHI MAHI STEAKS WITH MANGO SALSA AND CURRY COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Preheat grill pan or indoor electric grill to high heat. Squeeze juice of 1 lime over fish. Drizzle steaks with a little oil and rub oil into fish to coat. Season steaks with salt and pepper. Cook steaks 5 minutes on each side on hot grill.
• To assemble salsa, combine all ingredients for salsa in a small bowl.
• To make couscous, bring broth or water to a boil with curry powder, salt, oil, and raisins. Place couscous in a bowl. Add boiling liquid to bowl and cover. Let couscous stand 10 minutes. Fluff couscous with a fork and combine with scallions, carrot, orange pieces, and almonds.
• Top fish with salsa and serve with generous portions of curry couscous.
• Have some gourmet chips on hand for snacking with leftover salsa.

ROAD TO MOROCCO LAMB WITH PINE NUT COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Place lamb in a food storage bag. Combine the 7 spices in a small bowl. Sprinkle into the bag and seal bag. Shake and evenly coat the lamb pieces in the spices.
• Heat a large, deep skillet over medium-high to high heat. Add 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 3 turns of the pan, then the lamb. Sear the lamb and caramelize the meat all over, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the onions and garlic and cook 5 minutes more. Add the dates and 2 cups of chicken stock to the pan and cover. Cook 7 to 8 minutes more to plump the dates and soften the onions. Remove cover and adjust seasonings.
• During the last 5 minutes the lamb has to cook, melt butter and toast pine nuts. Add 2 cups stock and bring to a boil. Remove pan from heat, add couscous and cover pan. Let stand 5 minutes. Remove lid and fluff with fork.
• Serve lamb over couscous in shallow dishes and garnish with chopped scallions.

VEGETABLE STEW (GIAMBOTTA)

Steps:

• Preheat broiler.
• Heat a medium soup pot over medium heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil, bay, chopped garlic and onions and let them sweat out while you prepare the rest of the veggies. Work next to the stove and drop as you chop, in order of longest cooking time: potatoes, eggplant, zucchini, and bell pepper. Season with salt and pepper, cover and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Uncover and add tomatoes and stock and cook 5 minutes more, to heat through. Turn heat off and stir in basil.
• Char bread under broiler and rub with cracked garlic then drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil, top with cheese and pepper and return to the broiler for 30 seconds to brown cheese. Serve cheese whole-grain toast with bowls of vegetable stew.

SHISH KABOB WITH YOGURT SAUCE AND LEMON-OLIVE COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Preheat grill or grill pan to medium-high or broiler with oven rack set on second level from the top of oven.
• Combine 1/4 cup olive oil, just eyeball the amount, with spices and grill seasoning in a shallow bowl or dish. Add lamb to seasonings and coat evenly in the mixture. Skewer the meat on metal skewers and let sit for 10 minutes. Cook on a hot grill or under the broiler for 7 to 8 minutes for medium-rare.
• Thread the onions and peppers onto skewers, drizzle with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place on grill or under the broiler for 12 to 15 minutes or until tender.
• Combine yogurt with garlic, mint and parsley.
• In a sauce pot toast pine nuts over medium heat, remove and reserve. Add butter, zest of lemon, and chicken stock to pot and bring to a boil. Stir couscous and olives, cover the pot and remove from heat. Let the couscous stand 5 minutes. Fluff couscous with a fork and toss in the pine nuts.
• Stir the lemon juice into yogurt to thin.
• Serve meat and vegetables with dipping sauce, couscous and toasted pita alongside.