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Chargrilled Fennel, Asparagus and Couscous Salad

This recipe is something you can whip up on a Thursday night and it will take you 30 minutes from start to finish! From Amanda's Easy Eats Season 2023, Episode 06. Recipe by Amanda Duggan

As seen on: Amanda's Easy Eats (Season 2023: Episode 6)

Ingredients

Dressing

  • 1 cup oil
  • 1 bunch fresh coriander
  • 1 green chilli
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 tspn honey

Salad

  • 1 pkt (300gms) pearl couscous
  • 3 cups boiling water
  • 1 fennel bulb chopped
  • 1 bunch asparagus cut into 5cm pieces
  • 1 red onion sliced
  • Oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • ½ lemon juiced
  • 2 tbsps each of sunflower, pine nuts and pepitas lightly toasted

Instructions

Dressing

  • Place all ingredients into a blender and mix

Salad

  1. Pour couscous into a saucepan and toast lightly over gentle heat
  2. Turn off heat and pour over water, cover and put aside
  3. Heat grill over med heat on stove top
  4. Toss fennel and asparagus in oil
  5. Grill fennel and asparagus
  6. Sprinkle over salt
  7. Remove and set aside
  8. Repeat process with onion
  9. Chop up fennel, asparagus, and onion to bite sized chunks and place in a salad bowl
  10. Add a drizzle of oil, pinch salt, pepper and lemon juice to couscous and stir
  11. Add couscous to fennel, asparagus and onion and stir through
  12. Pour over dressing and mix through
  13. Garnish with sunflower, pine nuts, pepitas and chopped coriander