FRAGRANT CITRUS COUSCOUS WITH PORK

Fragrant Citrus Couscous With Pork image

Provided by Marian Burros

Time 35m

Yield 3 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

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Ingredients

1 pound mushrooms
4 ounces whole onion or 3 ounces ready-cut onion (1 cup)
1 teaspoon olive oil
6 ounces pork tenderloin
1 tablespoon cumin
Cayenne pepper to taste
1 tablespoon lemon rind
1 tablespoon orange rind
1/3 cup dried apricots
1 cup whole-wheat couscous
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1/2 cup chopped mint
1 large tomato
1/4 teaspoon salt

Steps:

Preheat broiler, or prepare top-of-the-stove grill.
Wash, dry, trim and slice the mushrooms; chop the whole onion.
Heat oil in large nonstick pot, and saute mushrooms and onions in hot oil to soften.
Cut tenderloin into 1/4-inch-thick pieces, and rub each side with 2 teaspoons of the cumin and a sprinkling of the cayenne. Broil or grill until brown on both sides, about 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, grate lemon and orange rind; chop apricots.
Follow package directions for making couscous. Add water to onions and mushrooms; bring to boil. Stir in couscous, lemon and orange rind, apricots, remaining cumin and cayenne; cover, and turn off heat.
Cut cooked pork into bite-size pieces, and stir into couscous.
Wash, dry and chop parsley and mint; wash, trim and chop tomato. When cosucous is done, add parsley, mint and tomato. Season with salt and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 411, UnsaturatedFat 3 grams, Carbohydrate 68 grams, Fat 5 grams, Fiber 9 grams, Protein 26 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 256 milligrams, Sugar 14 grams, TransFat 0 grams