Couscous, Pork And Apricots

Name: Couscous, Pork And Apricots
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 8 ounces whole onion or 7 ounces ready-cut chopped onion (1 2/3 cups); 2 teaspoons olive oil; 8 ounces mushrooms, white or assorted wild; 8 ounces pork tenderloin; 1 cup whole-wheat couscous; 1 lemon; 1 orange; 10 dried apricots; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1/4 teaspoon hot red-pepper flakes; 2 tablespoons no-salt-added tomato paste; 3/4 cup orange juice; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley; 1/4 teaspoon salt

By Marian Burros

Total Time: 40 minutes
Rating: 4(42)
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Ingredients

Yield:2 servings

8ounces whole onion or 7 ounces ready-cut chopped onion (1⅔ cups)
2teaspoons olive oil
8ounces mushrooms, white or assorted wild
8ounces pork tenderloin
1cup whole-wheat couscous
1lemon
1orange
10dried apricots
1teaspoon ground cumin
¼teaspoon hot red-pepper flakes
2tablespoons no-salt-added tomato paste
¾cup orange juice
1tablespoon chopped parsley
¼teaspoon salt

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Preparation

Step 1
Chop whole onion; saute in very hot nonstick pan in olive oil over medium-high heat, until onions begin to brown.
Step 2
Meanwhile, wash, trim and dry mushrooms and add to onion when it begins to brown.
Step 3
Wash, dry and cut pork into small cubes; add to onion and mushrooms as they cook and brown on all sides.
Step 4
Following package directions on couscous, bring the appropriate amount of water to boil.
Step 5
Finely grate lemon and orange rinds; cut up apricots.
Step 6
Add couscous to boiling water with lemon and orange rinds; cover pot and allow couscous to sit until the water has been absorbed, about 5 minutes.
Step 7
Add cumin and red pepper flakes to pork mixture and stir well. Stir in apricots, tomato paste and orange juice; reduce heat to low and continue cooking.
Step 8
Wash, dry and mince parsley.
Step 9
Stir cooked couscous into pork mixture; season with salt and sprinkle with parsley.