Tangy Couscous with Asparagus

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Description
The Tabasco taste here is to make this Moroccan dish actually a bit spicy. This is a twist of mine to the basic couscous dish.

Ingredients

 * 4 cups cooked couscous
 * ½ teaspoon Tabasco sauce
 * 2 oz (58 g) unsalted butter
 * 1 teaspoons Dijon mustard
 * 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
 * ¼ teaspoon fine grain sea salt
 * 1 pound fresh green asparagus, cut into 1-inch segments
 * 1 can of chickpeas

Directions

 * 1) Boil the asparagus in a large pot of well salted water, for just for a minute or so - depending on the thickness of your asparagus. Drain.
 * 2) Stop the cooking with cold water or a dunk in an ice bath, then drain well before using.
 * 3) In a food processor, whip the butter until it is light and airy.
 * 4) Add the mustard, Tabasco sauce, lemon juice and salt.
 * 5) Take the canned chickpeas (make sure they are cooked tender) and mix with the hot couscous.
 * 6) Toss the Tabasco butter. Stir in the asparagus. And serve.