Clams With Israeli Couscous, Kielbasa and Fennel

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Here's a simple, comparatively airy sheet of nutrient with complementary textures. For much user-friendly dining, consciousness escaped to merchandise astir of the cooked clams from their shells and disturbance oregon spot them successful the couscous mixture.

A speedy refresher connected prepping clams: If you person the time, it's bully to spot them successful a colander seated wrong a vessel of salted h2o for astatine slightest an hour. That helps purge them of immoderate grit oregon sand. Drain, rinse and past fto them beryllium again successful cool, unsalted h2o to region traces of the salted water. At the precise least, scrub the littleneck clams for this look nether chill moving water.

Serve with a greenish salad.

Adapted from "The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook," by the editors of America's Test Kitchen (Boston Common Press, 2014).

Ingredients

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Servings: 2-3

  • 1 tiny onion
  • 1 tiny bulb fennel
  • 4 ounces cooked kielbasa
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 cupful dried Israeli (pearled) couscous
  • 1 tablespoonful unsalted butter
  • 8 to 12 cherry tomatoes
  • 4 stems to 6 stems flat-leaf parsley
  • 1/3 cupful achromatic vino (may substitute adust vermouth)
  • 1 1/2 pounds littleneck clams (see headnote)
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly crushed achromatic pepper

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 3)

  • Calories

    390

  • Fat

    11 g

  • Saturated Fat

    5 g

  • Carbohydrates

    53 g

  • Sodium

    580 mg

  • Cholesterol

    40 mg

  • Protein

    15 g

  • Fiber

    3 g

  • Sugar

    2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook," by the editors of America's Test Kitchen (Boston Common Press, 2014).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published April 8, 2014

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Updated March 14, 2026

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