Spanish-Style Quinoa
Recipe: #19696
June 25, 2015
"This is the recipe that got me to like quinoa! It's really simple and tasty. Toasting the quinoa before cooking, gives it a really rich and nutty flavor. Don't skip that part! This recipe was developed by Sarah Matheny for her cookbook, "Peas and Thank You"."
Original recipe yields 4 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (202 g)
- Calories 177.4
- Total Fat - 2.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.3 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 655.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 32 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.1 g
- Sugars - 2.8 g
- Protein - 6.7 g
- Calcium - 30.7 mg
- Iron - 2.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 2.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a large saucepan over medium heat, add the quinoa and toast until the grains are slightly golden brown, about 4 to 5 minutes.
Step 2
Add onion, broth, tomato sauce and chili powder and bring to a boil. Cover and reduce the heat to low. Simmer for 20 minutes.
Step 3
Remove from the heat and fluff with a fork. Season with salt and pepper before serving.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
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