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My Favourite Quinoa Salad
Recipe video above. Elevate your Quinoa Salad with two simple tricks: Toasting the quinoa in the oven to give it a gorgeous nutty flavour (great cheffy tip!), and use a wickedly good garlic/ginger dressing!It makes an excellent meal-worthy Asian-style salad, or colourful rainbow salad to take to gatherings. Don't skip the sprinkle of Wasabi Pea dust. It's the cherry on top!Serves: 10-12 as side, 5 as meal
👥 10 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 55 min⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 35 min👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●oven
- ●strainer
- ●pot
- ●saucepan
- ●stove
- ●bowl
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Cook quinoa:
quinoa (, tri-colour (or other colour, Note 1))1 cup
2
Toast for extra flavour: Preheat oven to 200°C/390°F (180° fan) Spread quinoa on a tray. Bake ⏱️ 15 minutes, stirring halfway, until it's lightly browned and smells nutty.
quinoa (, tri-colour (or other colour, Note 1))1 cup
3
Rinse: Transfer to fine mesh sieve or strainer. Rinse under running water for ⏱️ 10 seconds, shake off excess water well.
water2 cups
4
Cook: Scrape into a medium saucepan. Add water, place lid on. Bring to simmer on medium heat, then lower stove to low and simmer for ⏱️ 15 minutes (or until all water is absorbed, tilt pot to check).
water2 cups
5
Rest: Remove from stove (lid still on) and rest for ⏱️ 10 minutes.
6
Fluff & cool: Remove lid, fluff quinoa with a fork and allow to fully cool before using. (Spread on a tray if you want to speed things up).
quinoa (, tri-colour (or other colour, Note 1))1 cup
7
Salad:
8
Dressing: Place ingredients in a jar and shake well.
9
Toss salad! Place quinoa in a large bowl. Add all salad ingredients. Pour over dressing, toss very well.
quinoa (, tri-colour (or other colour, Note 1))1 cup
10
Garnish: Either transfer to a large serving platter or individual bowls. Sprinkle generously with crushed Wasabi Peas and sesame seeds. Devour!
sesame seeds (, toasted (Note 10))1 tbsp
Nutrition Facts
calories
177 kcal
fat Content
10 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
3 g
sugar Content
4 g
sodium Content
495 mg
protein Content
5 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
1 mg
carbohydrate Content
18 g
saturated Fat Content
1 g
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