Dinner for 4

Millet Couscous With Meat

Name: Millet Couscous With Meat
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: water; 500 g instant millet couscous; 150 ml vegetable oil; 500 g meat; 250 g diced tomato; 3 onions; 100 g tomato paste; salt; 150 g cassava root; 3 carrots; 1 tbsp minced green chile pepper; 3 cloves garlic; 1 tbsp black pepper; 100 g dry kidney beans; 50 g raisins

$15.55for 475 minServes 4

Millet couscous is served with meat, beans, vegetables, raisins, and a peppery tomato sauce cooked in one pot.

What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Quinoa, 18 oz$0.20/oz typical	18 oz	$3.53Typical price
	Ground beef, 1.1 lb$5.49/lb typical	1.1 lb	$6.05Typical price
	Canned tomatoes, 12 oz$0.08/oz typical	12 oz	$0.99Typical price
	Onions, 1.2 lb$1.29/lb typical	1.2 lb	$1.55Typical price
	Plantains, 0.5$0.89 each typical	0.5	$0.47Typical price
	Carrots, 0.45 lb$1.09/lb typical	0.45 lb	$0.51Typical price
	Enchilada, 0.5 oz$0.16/oz typical	0.5 oz	$0.08Typical price
	Garlic, 0.25$0.75 each typical	0.25	$0.22Typical price
	Canned beans, 3.5 oz$0.09/oz typical	3.5 oz	$0.32Typical price
	Dried fruit and raisins, 1.75 oz$0.45/oz typical	1.75 oz	$0.79Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$15.55

Swaps

Swap ground beef for ground turkeyabout $0.50/lb less at typical prices
Swap carrots for sweet potatoesabout $0.20/lb more at typical prices
Swap onions for red onionsabout $0.20/lb more at typical prices
Swap canned beans for dried beans and lentilsabout $0.02/oz more at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

Olive and cooking oilSalt and pepper

Not included in the cost.

75 minstart to table
Mediumdifficulty
4servings as written
$$$typical cost tier

African Dairy-free Family Dinners

Typical price

$3.89 per serving$15.55 for 4

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Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.

Ingredients

water
500 g instant millet couscous
150 ml vegetable oil
500 g meat
250 g diced tomato
3 onions
100 g tomato paste
salt
150 g cassava root
3 carrots
1 tbsp minced green chile pepper
3 cloves garlic
1 tbsp black pepper
100 g dry kidney beans
50 g raisins

Steps

Boil the kidney beans in a large pot of water for 30 minutes, then drain them.
Heat the oil in a large pot and cook the onions, garlic, and chile for 5 minutes.
Add the meat, salt, and black pepper, and cook for 8 minutes, until it reaches 160°F if ground or 145°F for whole cuts.
Stir in the tomatoes, tomato paste, carrots, cassava, beans, and raisins, then simmer with water for 20 minutes.
Pour boiling water over the millet couscous in a heatproof bowl, cover it, and rest it for 5 minutes.
Fluff the couscous with a fork and serve it with the meat and vegetable stew.

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Ingredient list based on the Wikibooks Cookbook (CC BY-SA 4.0). Steps and description written by Salefork.