Shops now offer a huge amount of cereals. Often doubts arise - what is it? What dishes can be prepared from them? Such innovations include couscous. What is this cereal? In fact, it is specially processed wheat. What is good couscous? It practically does not require cooking. To make porridge, it is simply poured with boiling water. And in soups, it can be a great addition to strong broths or diet vegetables.
Tender vegetable soup with cheese
This soup does not require meat broth. It is prepared simply, and thanks to the cheese has a creamy taste. To make soup with couscous and vegetables, you need to take:
- one carrot;
- leek;
- two potato tubers;
- three hundred grams of broccoli;
- a couple of tablespoons of couscous;
- the same amount of vegetable oil;
- 75 grams of cream cheese;
- salt and black pepper peas to taste.
Peel the carrots, cut into strips. The onions use only the white part, cut it in half rings.
In a pan with a thick bottom, warm the oil, fry the onions and carrots on it. After a liter of boiling water is poured, salt and pepper are added.
Bring the water to a boil, add diced potatoes. Sent to the pan. Add broccoli. When the vegetables are ready, add cream cheese and couscous. Turn off the stove, stir the soup with couscous until the cheese is completely dissolved. When serving, add chopped greens.
Chicken Soup for the Whole Family
For this simple soup you need to take the following ingredients:
- two legs
- 60 grams of carrots;
- as many onions;
- 250 grams of potatoes;
- 50 grams of couscous;
- salt and spices to taste.
Chicken legs with couscous are cut into portions. Pour them with two liters of cold water and cook for about forty minutes until the meat is ready. After the broth is filtered, the meat is removed. Diced potatoes are placed in the broth, and then finely chopped onions and carrots. Cook about ten minutes. Add couscous. Cook for two minutes, stirring occasionally. When served in a bowl, add a piece of chicken to the couscous soup.
Tomato soup
This soup is also boiled with chicken. However, the presence of spices and tomato makes it more interesting, piquant. For a recipe for couscous soup, use:
- 400 grams of chicken;
- 2.5 liters of water;
- one ripe tomato;
- two potato tubers;
- onion head;
- a tablespoon of adjika;
- a teaspoon of ground paprika;
- a third of a glass of couscous;
- a tablespoon of tomato paste;
- vegetable oil for frying ingredients;
- salt and favorite spices to taste.
Also, when serving can use leaves of parsley, mint or dill.
The process of making couscous soup
Chicken is put in a pan, pour cold water. Put on the stove. After boiling, foam forms on the surface, it must be removed. After thirty minutes, they take out the meat, separate it from the bones, send the flesh back to the broth.
Peel potatoes, cut into small cubes. Add to the broth, couscous is also sent there. Reduce heat and cook for fifteen minutes.
Peel the onion, cut finely. In a pan, warm the oil, fry onion slices until a golden hue. It is necessary to stir.
Tomato cleaned. To do this, make an incision on it, pour boiling water. After a minute, they are transferred to cold water. After that, the peel can be easily removed. Cut the tomato finely, add to the onion. Fry for three minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally. After injecting paprika, tomato paste and adjika, mix again. Stew for another three minutes.
Add the vegetable mass to the soup, cook for ten minutes on low heat. Season with salt to taste. After cooking, let the soup infuse under the lid for another ten minutes.
Creamy Mushroom Soup
This version of the soup with cream and mushrooms will appeal to many. By adding cereals, it has a different structure. To prepare mushroom soup with couscous you need to take:
- a head of white onion;
- two hundred grams of champignons;
- 300 ml of milk;
- 200 ml cream with a fat content of 20 percent;
- 150 grams of cereal;
- vegetable oil.
Prepare this first dish in a slow cooker. To start, pour the cereal into a plate, pour boiling water. Water should cover the groats per centimeter.
Mushrooms are washed, cut into slices. Peel the onion, cut in half rings. Odorless vegetable oil is poured into the multicooker. In the "Frying" mode, brown the onions and mushrooms for ten minutes.
After injected cream, milk and cereals. Select the “Soup” program. Bring to a boil mass. Serve hot. If desired, you can decorate the dish with sprigs of mint.
Quick Salted Mushroom Soup
This version of the first course is prepared on already pre-cooked broth. It is good for those who like to freeze the broth for future use. To prepare you need to take:
- 500 ml of broth;
- one carrot;
- two onion heads;
- one hundred grams of couscous;
- a couple of pinches of sugar;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- 150 grams of salted mushrooms;
- vegetable oil.
Vegetables are peeled, washed with cold water. Cut both ingredients finely. On a small amount of oil, fry the vegetables until soft, add sugar to them, stir.
The broth is heated, brought to a boil. Vegetables are introduced. Cook for about ten minutes. Mushrooms are washed from brine, cut into cubes. Sent along with couscous to the broth. Stir and immediately remove from the stove.
Give the first dish infused under the lid for about five minutes, after being poured into serving plates. In this recipe, salted mushrooms can be added immediately to portioned dishes. Then they will be brighter in taste, but the broth will be less fragrant.
Couscous is a cereal based on the usual wheat for many. Processing turned it into a light, practically cooking-free product. It is often used in first courses. You can add it to tender soups with chicken broth, or you can cook original soups with mushrooms or tomato.