Couscous With Chick-Peas And Tomatoes

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 cups	355ml	Canned chicken broth
2 tablespoons	30ml	Butter - (1/4 stick)
1 cup	237ml	Couscous
1		Tomato - seeded, diced
1/2 cup	118ml	Drained canned chick-peas
		= (garbanzo beans)
1/4 cup	40g / 1.4oz	Raisins
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Dried basil - crumbled
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Dried thyme - crumbled
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter small baking dish.

Bring chicken broth and butter to boil in heavy medium saucepan. Add couscous. Reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer until couscous is tender and has absorbed all liquid, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato, chick-peas, raisins, cinnamon, basil and thyme. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Transfer mixture to baking dish. Cover and cook until heated through, about 15 minutes.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, November 1991

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