Zesty Onion-Crimini Quinoa
Zesty Onion-Crimini Quinoa

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, zesty onion-crimini quinoa. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Zesty Onion-Crimini Quinoa is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Zesty Onion-Crimini Quinoa is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

Quinoa is combined with cucumbers, olives, and tomatoes before being tossed in a zesty red wine vinaigrette in this wonderful salad. Add the cucumbers, bell pepper, red onion, tomato, and olives to the bowl with the quinoa. Pour the dressing overtop and gently fold until evenly mixed.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook zesty onion-crimini quinoa using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Zesty Onion-Crimini Quinoa:
  1. Prepare 2 cup water
  2. Get 1 cup uncooked quinoa
  3. Take 4 tbsp olive oil
  4. Make ready 1 large minced yellow onion
  5. Make ready 1/4 lb sliced crimini mushrooms
  6. Get 1 juice of half a lemon
  7. Take 1 zest of 1 lemon
  8. Take 1/4 tsp chicken or beef flavoring/seasoning
  9. Prepare 1 dash of fresh ground black pepper to taste
  10. Prepare 1/3 cup chopped flat leaf parsley

It's an ancient seed that dates back to the Incas in Peru. It cooks up really quickly like rice, and has a satisfying chew. To help give the quinoa that nice, savory flavor, I like to add stock and aromatics like onion and garlic. The Prep Work: I used red quinoa for this.

Steps to make Zesty Onion-Crimini Quinoa:
  1. Soak quinoa in water for 10 minutes, rinse and drain well.
  2. Place quinoa + 2 cups of water in a small pot. Cook on Medium heat covered. Let boil, turn stove to Low, then let it simmer for 20 mins. (Turn stove off. Do NOT lift lid).
  3. While quinoa is simmering, heat pan on stove on Medium heat.
  4. Add onions & crimini to pan and allow both to caramelize.
  5. Stir in chicken /beef flavor and ground black pepper.
  6. Turn stove off.
  7. Add lemon juice & zest to pan. Mix well then add warm quinoa and chopped parsley. (Fluff or fold gently until all ingredients are evenly incorporated.)
  8. Serve warm. (Note: If you have chicken/beef broth, you may omit the 2 cups of water and chicken/beef flavor. Instead, cook the quinoa in 2 cups of broth.)

In a shallow dish combine quinoa flour, arrowroot powder, paprika, cayenne and salt. Whisk together buttermilk and eggs in a separate shallow dish. For veggie-based depth of flavor, onions and mushrooms can't be beat. Put them to good use in this quick and hearty side. Add the crimini mushrooms and cook until brown.

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