Couscous Fruit Salad

Name: Couscous Fruit Salad
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon olive oil, or as needed; 5 green onions, white parts only, chopped, or more to taste; 4 cloves garlic, crushed; 2 1/4 cups water; 6 dates, pitted and chopped; 1/2 (6 ounce) package sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins(R)); 1/2 cup golden raisins; 1/4 cup shelled peanuts; 1 1/2 cups pearl (Israeli) couscous; 1 teaspoon chopped fresh cilantro, or more to taste; 1 mango, peeled and chopped

11 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

1 teaspoon olive oil, or as needed
5 green onions, white parts only, chopped, or more to taste
4 cloves garlic, crushed
2 1/4 cups water
6 dates, pitted and chopped
1/2 (6 ounce) package sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins(R))
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup shelled peanuts
1 1/2 cups pearl (Israeli) couscous
1 teaspoon chopped fresh cilantro, or more to taste
1 mango, peeled and chopped

Directions

1

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; saute onion and garlic until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Add water to onion mixture and bring to a boil.
2

Stir dates, cranberries, raisins, and peanuts into onion mixture and bring to a boil again. Add couscous and cilantro to dried fruit-onion mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover skillet, and simmer until water is mostly absorbed, 10 to 15 minutes.
3

Stir mango into couscous mixture, return cover, and simmer until all the water is absorbed and couscous is tender, about 5 more minutes.