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Stir-Fried Quinoa
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Stir-Fried Quinoa

Stir-fried quinoa with colorful vegetables and soy sauce — a healthy, quick and filling meal

⏱ 30 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan
Versions:Original🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Rinse the quinoa well. Cook the quinoa in the vegetable stock with the salt over low heat about 15 minutes, until the stock is absorbed.
    StovePot
  2. 2
    Heat the oil in a large pan over very high heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
    💡Very high heat and a large pan: the vegetables char instead of steaming, and don't overcrowd the pan.
  3. 3
    Add the garlic and fry 30 seconds, until fragrant.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  4. 4
    Add the onion, carrot, broccoli, green beans and pepper and fry 5–7 minutes, tossing.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
  5. 5
    Add the quinoa, freshly cooked, separate the grains with a spatula and stir-fry 2–3 minutes over high heat.
    StoveSilicone spatula
  6. 6
    Add the soy sauce, sesame oil and black pepper and stir-fry another minute, until the quinoa is coated in the sauce.
    Stove
  7. 7
    Serve immediately.
395calories
14 gprotein
49 gcarbs
13 gfat
● protein 15%● carbs 53%● fat 32%

Per serving (429 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Silicone spatula · Also works: Wooden spoon (Scrapes less well) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (None)

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