10-minute Tomato Giant Couscous with Prawns, Basil and Feta

When time is of the essence!

Because sometimes we need supper in 10 minutes. Quite often actually I find.

When I was working as a private chef, I would get home at the end of a long day and really truly the last thing I would feel like doing would be to cook. I needed to come up with dishes that were really quick and easy but that still delivered on flavour. And this has been a favourite of mine for many years.

Here I’ve used giant cous cous as it’s a favourite of mine, but this same recipe would work with rice, or buckwheat noodles or orzo. I’ve tried them all and they are all great so use what you have to hand.

This has all the flavours of a prawn saganaki which is truly one of my favourite things to eat, but it all comes together in 10 minutes and is just so delicious.

The full recipe is below for paid subscribers (along with a handy PDF version). You also get access to helpful notes on the recipe in case you want to make it vegetarian friendly, or you’re feeding more people and want to scale up easily. Perhaps you’re feeding the whole family? It’s all covered in the Notes.

I really want this newsletter to be your go-to resource when you don’t know what to cook for supper so I put a lot of energy into the Notes section to make it as helpful as possible. Cooking isn’t about following a recipe exactly, it’s about using it as inspiration, seeing what you have in the fridge and making it your own so I’ve got lots of tips about how you can adapt it.

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This recipe serves 2! Easily scaled up - see below!