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Tabbouleh

Name: Tabbouleh
Prep time: 3 h 24 min
Total time: 3 h 24 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 300 g couscous; 100 ml olive oil; 150 ml lemon juice; 2 tablespoons vinegar; 300 g tomato; 1 onion; 1 shallot; 1 bunch herbs of your choice; Salt; Pepper

Tabbouleh is a Middle Eastern couscous salad., moistened with olive oil and lemon juice. Its flavour comes from plenty of fresh herbs (mint and parsley at the very least), onion and tomatoes.

This refreshing dish is ideal for warm summer or autumn days.

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Duration

3 hours 25 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 28^th 2026

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For 6 people, you will need:

1 300 g couscous
2 100 ml olive oil
3 150 ml lemon juice
4 2 tablespoons vinegar
5 300 g tomato
6 1 onion
7 1 shallot
8 1 bunch herbs of your choice
9 Salt
10 Pepper
Total weight: 1,035 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

3 hours 25 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 3 min.

Put into a large salad bowl: 300 g couscous, 100 ml olive oil, 150 ml lemon juice, 2 tablespoons vinegar, salt and pepper.

The oil and lemon juice dressing will swell and soften the dry couscous just enough.

Step 2 - ⌛ 10 min.

Prepare (peel) 300 g tomatoes and cut into small pieces.

Step 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Prepare 1 onion and 1 shallot. Chop very finely.

Step 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add the chopped tomatoes, onion and shallot to the bowl.

Step 5 - ⌛ 4 min.

Coarsley chop the herbs (a mixture of mint, parsley, coriander and chives here) and add to the bowl.

You can use whatever herbs you prefer, but mint and parsley are the basic essentials.

Step 6 - ⌛ 3 hours

Mix everything together thoroughly, cover and leave in the fridge for at least 3 hours for the couscous to soak up the oil and lemon juice.

Step 7

Checking seasoning and your tabbouleh is ready.

Remarks

Tabbouleh can be made in many different versions, for example, by adding diced cucumber, lettuce or other vegetables, according to personal taste. So, give it a try.

Collect any tomato juice from stage 2 and add to the couscous.

When you taste at the end of the recipe to check the seasoning, you can also adjust the acidity of the Tabouleh (add a little lemon juice) or its smoothness (add a little olive oil) to your taste.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	2 g RDI=3 %	11 g RDI=4 %	9 g RDI=12 %	131 kcal RDI=7 %	548 kJ RDI=7 %
Per person	3 g RDI=5 %	18 g RDI=7 %	15 g RDI=21 %	225 kcal RDI=11 %	943 kJ RDI=11 %
Whole recipe	18 g RDI=28 %	111 g RDI=42 %	93 g RDI=127 %	1,351 kcal RDI=68 %	5,657 kJ RDI=68 %