Cooking quinoa does not have to mean that you sacrifice taste! This is a simple and healthy dish that is not short on taste! This was actually one of the first recipes I added to cooking quinoa – back before I had any vision for the site or knew that it was going to grow to get thousands of visitor a day.
This recipe was adapted from Tosca Reno’s The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook
This is one of those great easy quinoa recipes, that is also exceptionally tasty. Give it a try and let me know what you think!
Red Pepper and Onion Quinoa
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 70 minutes
Total Time: 80 minutes
Yield: 8 servings
Calories per serving: 214
Fat per serving: 6.1 g
Ingredients
- 2 T Olive Oil
- 4 medium onions, chopped fine
- 3/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups quinoa, rinsed
- 4 cups water
- 2 vegetable flavored bullion cubes
Cooking Directions
- Add onion, salt, and cayenne pepper to pan and cook until onion are brown. Add peppers and cook over low heat until the onions are caramelized. (This will take at least 30 minutes) When onions are almost done, add in garlic.
- Add water, rinsed quinoa and stock cubes. Bring to a simmer. Lower heat and cooked covered for 40 minutes. Remove from heat at let sit covered for another 5 minutes. Serve!
Complete Nutritional Data for Red Pepper and Onion Quinoa : Serving Size 252 g Calories 214 Total Fat 6.1g Saturated Fat 0.8g Cholesterol 0mg Sodium 185mg Total Carbohydrates 33.5gn Dietary Fiber 4.5g Sugars 3.6g Protein 6.7g
Make sure you check out Tosca Reno’s other cookbooks for some great healthy quinoa recipes. (Well actually, she has a lot of great recipes in general. I got my kids to stop eating junk food using her Eat Clean Diet for Kids cookbook)
Check out my complete collection of quinoa recipes or check out this post on how to cook quinoa perfectly!
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Wendy thank you so much…Do we leave the garlic cloves whole? Sorry for all the bother.
Laurie, Sorry for my delayed reply – a few minutes after I replied last the site crashed and I haven't been able to do replies until today. To answer your question, the garlic cloves should be minced. Thanks! Wendy
when you say 4 onions. I am assuming you mean small onions? I am making it tonight for my niece. Can't wait. Love your website.
I am so glad you like it! Four small to medium onions, depending on how much you like onions. I really like foods with "kick" so I tend to use a lot of ingredients like onions, garlic and peppers, but you should adjust to fit your taste.
Anyway to speed this recipe up? 70 minutes total seems a bit lengthy for anyone looking to actually make this…
MIke – There is no real way to speed up the onion cooking and get the same results, but you can raise the temperature and cut the time down. You can use a 1:1.75 ratio between quinoa and liquid, bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium low. Simmer covered for 15 minutes.
Four white or yellow onions?
I just made this recipe and I wanted to let you know that we all loved it. It's so nice to find a healthy recipe that I can share between my three children and my husband. I love that your site is devoted to making quinoa tasty! Most of my quinoa recipes are on the bland side, so this was terrific. Thank you!
Jessica – Thanks so much for the compliment and I am so happy that you liked the dish. I am trying to learn as much as I can about how to make quinoa taste great – it is so much fun experimenting and even better when it comes out great! Check back because one of my major goals for October is to get as many of my recipes on the site as I can. And – in the near future I am going to be starting a general clean eating website. Take care! Wendy