Shrimp with Fragrant Giant Couscous
with lemon, courgette & chili pepper
Giant couscous, also known as pearl couscous, is larger than regular couscous because it's rolled into bigger spheres. This gives it a chewy texture - perfect for absorbing sauces!
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
½ piece
Red onion
1 piece
Garlic
¼ piece
Red chili pepper
¼ piece
Lemon
2.5 g
Fresh thyme
(May be present: Selderij)
½ piece
Courgette
75 g
Giant couscous
(Contains: Tarwe, Gluten May be present: Mosterd, Soja)
1 piece
Roma tomato
½ piece
Romano pepper
80 g
Shrimp
(Contains: Schaaldieren)
Not included in your delivery
½ tablespoon
Sunflower oil
½ tablespoon
Olive oil
½ piece
Low sodium vegetable stock cube
to taste
Salt and pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Chop the onion and crush or mince the garlic.
- Deseed and finely chop the red chili pepper.* Zest and juice the lemon.
- Tear the thyme leaves off of the stalks.
- Dice the courgette, Romano pepper and tomato.
*Take care, this ingredient is spicy! Use as preferred.
- Boil plenty of water in a pot or saucepan and crumble in the stock cube (see pantry for amount).
- Cook the giant couscous for 12 - 14 minutes, then drain and set aside.
- Heat a drizzle of sunflower oil in a wok or deep frying pan over medium-low heat.
- Fry the garlic, onion and chili pepper for 2 minutes.
- Add the courgette, Romano pepper, thyme and lemon zest.
- Fry for 6 minutes, seasoning to taste with salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, pat the shrimp dry with kitchen paper.
- Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Fry the shrimp for 3 minutes, then transfer to the vegetables.
- Add the tomato to the vegetables, along with 0.5 tbsp lemon juice per person. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Mix well and cook for 1 more minute, then turn off the heat.
- Stir in the giant couscous, then serve on plates. Drizzle with more lemon juice as preferred.
