Description
Learn how to cook fluffy, perfectly cooked quinoa every time with my chef’s perfected recipe below! Then, use it for dinner recipes, bowls, salads, or one of our 25 quinoa recipes above: How to make perfectly fluffy quinoa every time.
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa, rinsed well, and drained (rinsing removes bitterness)
- 1 3/4 cups water or broth
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, more to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
Instructions
- Rinse the quinoa well under running water and strain well using a fine mesh strainer.
- Place in a medium pot with the water or broth. Stir in the salt and olive oil.
- Bring to a rolling boil. Cover tightly.
- Lower heat to a gentle simmer ( low or medium low heat) and cook til all the water is gone, about 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and let stand 5-10 minutes.
- Fluff with fork.
Notes
Quinoa will keep up to 4 days in an airtight container the fridge or can be frozen.
When serving this as a side dish all on its own, I like to use two sautéed shallots, half for cooking with the quinoa, and the other half for sprinkling over the top as a garnish.
If batch cooking for the week, double the recipe and you may not need any of the garnishes.
Rinsing the quinoa is imperative. It really does help remove the bitterness.
If making a smaller batch or bigger batch, my general ratio of water to quinoa is 1 cup quinoa to 1.75 cups water.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: Basic Quinoa Recipe - ¾ cup
- Calories: 161
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 292.8 mg
- Fat: 3.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 27.3 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg