Curried Couscous Salad with Bacon

Finally, a couscous salad that is not bland! This salad is a invincible adjunct to your summer meal, or as a lunch any period times of year.

The ingredient of Curried Couscous Salad with Bacon

1. 4 slices bacon
2. 1 onion, chopped
3. 1u2009u00bd cups water
4. 1 cup uncooked couscous
5. u00be cup diced carrot
6. u00be cup diced cucumber
7. u00bd red distress pepper, diced
8. u00bd (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
9. u00bc cup olive oil
10. 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
11. 1 tablespoon soy sauce
12. 1 tablespoon white sugar
13. 2 teaspoons curry powder
14. salt and pepper to taste

The instruction how to make Curried Couscous Salad with Bacon

1. Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook higher than medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, nearly 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices roughly speaking a paper towel-lined plate. considering cool, crumble the bacon slices, and set aside.
2. Drain all but 1 tablespoon of bacon drippings from the skillet, and cook and protest the onion in the skillet until the edges of the onion begin to face brown. Set the onion aside.
3. Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan, and sprinkle in the couscous. sever the pan from the heat, let stand for 5 minutes to please the water, then fluff the couscous subsequently a fork. grant come to couscous to cool.
4. Place the onion, cooled couscous, carrot, cucumber, red clock radio pepper, and garbanzos into a salad bowl, and advocate lightly to combine.
5. In a bowl, mix up together the olive oil, white balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, curry powder, and salt and pepper until the sugar has dissolved. Pour the dressing exceeding the salad, fusion again lightly, and sprinkle behind bacon bits.

Nutritions of Curried Couscous Salad with Bacon

calories: 211.7 calories
carbohydrateContent: 26.6 g
cholesterolContent: 5 mg
fatContent: 9.1 g
fiberContent: 2.8 g
proteinContent: 5.9 g
saturatedFatContent: 1.6 g
servingSize:
sodiumContent: 282.9 mg
sugarContent: 3.8 g
transFatContent:
unsaturatedFatContent: