This Couscous with Spanish Spinach & Chickpeas is so good, it seriously rivals even the best pasta & rice dishes. We´re talking a huge punch of flavors, super easy to make and done in under 30 minutes. The perfect dish for a busy weeknight dinner or a relaxed weekend lunch.
The best part about this dish, is that it´s super healthy for you, made with the simplest ingredients and it´s all done using just one pan. Folks, this is what easy & great food is all about.
What flavors this dish is the sweet smoked Spanish paprika and the ground cumin. The combination of these spices really give this dish a beautiful Spanish touch. I also used vegetable broth to cook the couscous. This adds even more flavor to the couscous, however, you can also use water with a vegetable bouillon cube.
TIPS & TRICKS to Make this Recipe: When cooking couscous, the ratio is almost always 1:1. Meaning 1 cup liquid to 1 cup couscous. If you want to double this recipe, just add 2 cups broth to 2 cups couscous. To perfectly cook the couscous, all you have to do is add it into the boling liquid, then place a lid and turn off the heat. In just 5 minutes you will have perfectly cooked couscous.
Key Ingredients & Cookware I used in this Recipe:
MY NONSTICK FRYING PAN
EXTRA VIRGIN SPANISH OLIVE OIL
SPANISH PAPRIKA
HOMEMADE VEGETABLE BROTH
SPANISH SEA SALT
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Couscous with Spanish Spinach & Chickpeas
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 30 ml
- 1/2 onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 tsp sweet smoked Spanish paprika 1.50 grams
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1 gram
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce 115 grams
- 2 cups spinach 200 grams
- 1 cup cooked chickpeas 170 grams
- 1 cup vegetable broth 237 ml
- 1 cup couscous 150 grams
- handful fresh parsley
- pinch sea salt
- dash black pepper
Instructions
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Heat a large fry pan with a medium heat and add in 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
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Meanwhile, finely dice 1/2 onion and roughly chop 3 cloves garlic
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After heating the olive oil for 3 minutes, add in the diced onion & chopped garlic, mix with the olive oil, after 3 minutes and the onion is translucent, add in a generous 1/2 tsp sweet smoked paprika and 1/2 tsp ground cumin, quickly mix together, then add in 1/2 cup tomato sauce and simmer
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After 3 minutes and the tomato sauce has thickened up, add in 2 cups roughly chopped fresh spinach, mix together until the spinach is just wilted, then add in 1 cup cooked chickpeas and season with sea salt & black pepper, gently mix together, then add in 1 cup vegetable broth and mix together, turn up the heat to a high heat, once it comes to a boil, add in 1 cup couscous, quickly mix together, place a lid on the pan and turn off the heat
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After 5 minutes remove the lid from the pan, using a fork fluff up the couscous, then transfer into servng dishes and sprinkle with finely chopped parsley, enjoy!
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Chrissy
10 . Aug . 2022Love this, absolutely delicious, will certainly be cooking it again. Thanks so much for this and all your recipes, so easy and always so good too.
Spain on a Fork
So happy to hear that!!! Much love 🙂
10 . Aug . 2022Sinead
Love this recipe but can I use vegetable stock cubes instead of broth?
09 . Jan . 2022Spain on a Fork
Absolutely 🙂 Much love!
09 . Jan . 2022Tristan
Great! Nearly forgot the parsley but luckily remembered. Lifts the dish to the next level! Don’t leave it out!
27 . Oct . 2021Spain on a Fork
Yes! Much love 🙂
27 . Oct . 2021Alex
Can you freeze this dish?
22 . Sep . 2021Spain on a Fork
Absolutely! when you re-heat, you might need to add a bit of broth to bring it back to life 🙂 much love
23 . Sep . 2021Kit
31 . Aug . 2021This sounds so good, I’ll definitely be making it soon. I think I have most of the ingredients on hand already!
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31 . Aug . 2021Asha Bonney
31 . Aug . 2021Will definitely try this recipe. All the recipes featured in Spainonafork are super easy. Only getting the ingredients in India may be a problem. I love watching these videos
Thanks for sharing
Spain on a Fork
Appreciate the comment 🙂 Much love!
31 . Aug . 2021