Couscous & fish in a bag

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• Mark

  27 January 2008

  Mark rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Quite difficult to get all the couscous to soak, but that which did was really nice.

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• Erin

  16 March 2008

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  The couscous was really tasty, but the fish was dry and a little boring. Maybe it wa the fish I use, but I don't think I'll be making this one again

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• escorchio

  09 April 2008

  escorchio rated and commented on this recipe

  

  My mum originally suggested this from the magazine. I found it on line, and we have it regularly now. Unbelievably easy, really really tasty. Couldn't be improved.

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• Hazel Scott

  25 August 2008

  Hazel Scott rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Idea great, but end product disappointing, lacked flavour. Couscous was OK, but too much of it. Will add a knob of butter if I make it again.

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• JULIA

  27 August 2008

  JULIA commented on this recipe

  Are the fat / sat fat amounts correct?

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• Mrs C

  15 January 2009

  Mrs C commented on this recipe

  I really liked this recipe and so did my Husband, I am a bit confused however that this can be labelled a Super Healthy recipe with 23g of Saturated fat in it.

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• sophia

  28 January 2009

  sophia commented on this recipe

  I liked this recipe. I have added carrots and cherry tomatoes in the cous cous and drizzled it with olive oil. Next time i will add some fennel as well. Made it with salmon very tasty.

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• firebrand

  08 February 2009

  firebrand commented on this recipe

  I cooked this for 4 people, two with white fish and two with salmon. The salmon came out miles, miles, miles better! White fish easily gets overpowered by the other flavours.

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• Harkle

  13 March 2009

  Harkle commented on this recipe

  Does anyone know if this works with brown rice as well? Don't like the texture of cous cous.

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• mother*ship

  21 March 2009

  mother*ship rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this with salmon, found it very tasty, even without the dill which I forgot to get, and the whole family enjoyed it, but I did find messing around with foil parcels a bit of a faff. Harkle - I don't think it would work with brown rice as that takes ages to cook whereas the couscous only needs a brief soak.

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• Richard

  25 March 2009

  Richard rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A nice easy dish, good for after a busy day if you need something quick. Didn't blow me away though. I'd be tempted to try with fennel instead of the courgette and maybe add a splash of pernot.

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• Littlemisslucky

  31 March 2009

  Littlemisslucky rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Quite tasty but I didn't think the cous cous really went very well with the fish.

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• Clover

  09 April 2009

  Clover rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Not impressed. Too much couscous, too much courgette and far too much lemon! The fish cooked perfectly, but couldn't eat the rest of it as just too lemony.

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• tony

  11 April 2009

  tony rated and commented on this recipe

  

  The meal itself is delicious, but it's the wrong way to cook it. You end up with half the couscous drying out, or sticking to the foil etc. I reckon this meal would be better if you first soaked the couscous in most of the liquid for a minute or two, then added it to the foil (baking paper is MUCH better for this). You won't have the fiddling about with the bag and you won't get the couscous being too thin in places and getting ruined. Also, when it says "strong vegetable stock", don't overdo it. It can end up being really salty. Just follow the instructions for making the stock normally and you'll be fine.

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• vlaoverton

  16 June 2009

  vlaoverton commented on this recipe

  I made this last night and used Salmon instead of Haddock which was lovely. I also added a little bit of the stock to the cous cous before placing the fish on top which I think you need to do to make sure it all gets soaked through. Although the dish was tasty I do think it would benefit from a little bit of roasted garlic perhaps and I also though it was a little dry and needs a dollop of crème fraiche or something to serve. A really quick, easy dish that I will make again but with a few little adjustments!

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• Amira

  04 July 2009

  Amira commented on this recipe

  I must say I agree with Tony about the cooking method. My husband's from a Moroccan family and couscous is there national dish, they soak it for hours before cooking it and then steam it for a further hour, I've found if I've ever cooked couscous any other way it's dry or doesn't have the same fluffy texture.

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• Julia Carver

  12 August 2009

  Julia Carver rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Ok, but far too much couscous

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• jason

  21 September 2010

  jason commented on this recipe

  how can it be healthy when it says theres 23 grams of saturated fat in it,but theres only 20 grams of fat,i think someones got it wrong,i made this meal and thers nowhere near that much fat in it,plus the meal was boring.

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• Jeyrome

  18 January 2011

  Jeyrome rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Utterly disappointed! The couscous around the fish was mush and the one underneath was dry, hard and so ingrained in the fish I had to throw the whole thing away broken-heartedly! May try this again but will pour the stock over the couscous prior to laying the fish on top of it.

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• phwiiii

  25 March 2011

  phwiiii rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I did this recipe but lined a pyrex bowl with tin foil and made the foil bag in thie bowl - this made sure that all the cous cous was in water - poured the stock on before putting the fish on aswell and the cous cous came out perfectly. I only did half the amount of cous cous and it was perfect. Added a splash of wine to the stock and added tyme and parsely as i dont like dill. It was very nice but FAR too lemony. I'd put at least half if not even less lemon in next time.

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Ingredients

• 1 lemon
• 100g couscous
• 25g pine nuts , toasted
• 1 small courgette , thinly sliced
• small handful dill , leaves only, chopped
• 150ml strong vegetable stock
• 1 haddock , or other white fish fillet

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Serves 1

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Prep 10 mins

Cook 20 - 25 mins

Super healthy

Good source of iron and omega 3

Ingredients

• 1 lemon
• 100g couscous
• 25g pine nuts , toasted
• 1 small courgette , thinly sliced
• small handful dill , leaves only, chopped
• 150ml strong vegetable stock
• 1 haddock , or other white fish fillet

Per serving

552 kcalories, protein 41g, carbohydrate 57g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 23g, fibre 2.1g, sugar 6g, salt 0.46 g

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