Couscous Salad With Fresh Corn

Submitted by Irmgard

"A wonderful fresh cold pasta salad for summer. Note: You will have about twice as much dressing as you will need for this recipe. Save extra for salad. "

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 19
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 4 cups couscous
• 4 cups water
• 3⁄4 cup vegetable oil
• 6 ears fresh corn, cooked and cut off cob
• 1⁄2 cup sesame seeds, toasted
• 1⁄2 cup cilantro
• 2 cups spinach, chiffonade
• 3 cups tomatoes, chopped
• 2 cups avocados, cubed and tossed with a little dressing
• salt and pepper

• Sesame Dressing

• 1 3⁄4 cups vegetable oil
• 1 1⁄2 cups rice wine vinegar
• 1⁄2 cup sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons garlic
• 1 teaspoon coriander, ground
• 1 teaspoon white pepper, ground
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1⁄4 cup soy sauce

directions

1. Boil water, pour over couscous, cover and let sit for 10 minutes.
2. Fluff couscous, toss with oil and cool.
3. (note: couscous can be toasted in a pan with olive oil first if desired).
4. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
5. Toss with enough dressing to just coat.
6. Adjust seasoning.
7. Dressing:Blend all ingredients in food processor or blender.

Reviews

[Tracy K]

Delicious dish for summer. The fresh corn and tomatoes realy make this dish stand out. Just be sure to dress it judiciously... too much dressing is not a good thing (learned that the hard way).

 

[Pianolady]

Wonderful!! So many delightful tastes blended together, and so many wonderful textures! I also left out the spinach. The next day when dealing with leftovers, as serving I topped the individual platings with some toasted pine nuts and we loved it that way as well! It seemed to add one more dimension to this delicious multi-dimensional dish. Thanks so much for sharing!!

 

[Sherry W.]

What a great way to liven up couscous. The avocados and corn really make the salad. I followed the recipe but left out the spinach. I also cut back on the amount of dressing. I will be making this again. Thanks for posting.

 

[Kelly Barrick]

I used spinich and red pepper couscous, one box of frozen corn (thawed) and fresh chopped spinich. I made half of the dressing and didn't even use all of that. For the dressing, instead of rice vinegar, I used 1/2 the amount called for, and 1/2 white and 1/2 red balsalmic. This dish was absolutly delicious!!! Although it takes awhile to prepare, it is well worth it. Also, the full recipe could feed an army!

 

[Jen in Victoria]

I didn't like the dressing at all. There was way too much sesame oil and I like sesame flavoured things. I would have preferred the salad with a lighter lemon dressing.