{"id":52795,"date":"2023-10-13T21:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T21:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/?p=52795"},"modified":"2026-08-15T11:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T17:15:09","slug":"israeli-couscous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2023\/10\/13\/israeli-couscous\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Couscous"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yield: 2 to 3 Servings<\/h4>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Scott Nowell<\/h6>\n<p>Simple couscous to go with almost anything.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS butter or olive oil, divided<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00bc<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cup pine nuts (about 3\u00bd oz), toasted (optional)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">shallot, minced <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00be<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cup Israeli couscous<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00be<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cup chicken broth<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">pinch salt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS minced fresh Italian parsley<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">black pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Melt 1 TBS <strong>butter<\/strong> and\u00a0\u00a0<strong>olive oil<\/strong> in a 1-quart saucepan over medium heat. Add <strong>minced shallot<\/strong> and saut\u00e9 until golden, about 3 minutes.<br \/>\nAdd <strong>couscous<\/strong> and stir until <strong>couscous<\/strong> browns slightly, stirring often, 3 &#8211; 5 minutes. Pay careful attention as the <strong>shallots<\/strong> will burn.<br \/>\nAdd <strong>toasted pine nuts<\/strong> (optional), <strong>broth<\/strong> and pinch of <strong>salt<\/strong> and bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer until <strong>couscous<\/strong> is tender and liquid is absorbed, about 10 minutes.<br \/>\nSeason with <strong>black pepper.<\/strong> Transfer to serving dish and top with <strong>parsley.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yield: 2 to 3 Servings Scott Nowell Simple couscous to go with almost anything. 1TBS butter or olive oil, divided \u00bccup pine nuts (about 3\u00bd oz), toasted (optional) 1shallot, minced \u00becup Israeli couscous \u00becup chicken broth 1pinch salt 1TBS minced fresh Italian parsley black pepper Melt 1 TBS butter and\u00a0\u00a0olive oil in a 1-quart saucepan over medium heat. Add minced shallot and saut\u00e9 until golden, about 3 minutes. Add couscous and stir until couscous browns slightly, stirring often, 3 &#8211;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2023\/10\/13\/israeli-couscous\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[92,280,182],"class_list":["post-52795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rice-couscous-spaetzle","tag-couscous","tag-israeli-couscous","tag-pine-nuts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/10\/IsraeliCouscous.jpg?fit=336%2C311&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52795"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56777,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52795\/revisions\/56777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}