Name: Chorizo, quinoa and green peas
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 150g couscous (or quinoa, bulgur, rice); 200-300 ml chicken soup; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 100g cooking chorizo sausage; 50g green peas; ½ lemon (zest & juice); 2 Tbsp fresh basil leaves

Chorizo, quinoa and green peas

17 Jan 2016

by Dinna

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

Total Time

15 minutes

Background

If you're looking for a quick and easy recipe - look no further! This chorizo, quinoa and green peas salad is perfect for a midweek supper or lazy weekend brunch/lunch. You can also take it to your work for lunch, or to a picnic, or serve it at parties as it's nice cold too! You make this dish using couscous, bulgur wheat or rice too; and you can add/substitute other veggies such as red pepper, courgette, green beans, broad beans and so on.

Ingredients

150g couscous (or quinoa, bulgur, rice)
200-300 ml chicken soup
1 Tbsp olive oil
100g cooking chorizo sausage
50g green peas
½ lemon (zest & juice)
2 Tbsp fresh basil leaves

Instructions

If you use frozen green peas, defrost them.
Pour the chicken stock over the the quinoa in a pan and, following the instructions on the packaging, cook it until tender,
Slice the sausage into 5mm rounds.
Heat the oil in a frying pan, add the chorizo and fry for 3/5 minutes until it releases its oil. Add the peas and cook for a couple of minutes.
Loosen the couscous with a fork, stir in the lemon zest and juice, then add the sausage and peas.
Season to taste and sprinkle with basil leaves.