Quinoa Rice

A bowl of cooked rice and quinoa garnished with coriander being held above a skillet of curry.

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5 from 1 vote

Quinoa Rice cooks in the same way as plain rice, but adds extra fibre and protein to a family meal.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: New Zealalnd

Keyword: Quinoa Rice, Rice and Quinoa

Servings: servings

Calories: 217kcal

Author: Stacey

Ingredients

1 cup quinoa
3 cups water
1 cup basmati rice any long grain rice
1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Heat a large heavy based sauce pan over medium heat. Add the quinoa to the dry hot sauce pan and toast until it becomes golden brown.
Add the water, rice and salt. Increase the temperature until the water is rapidly boiling. Cover the saucepan with a lid and immediately reduce the temperature to the lowest setting and cook for 15 minutes.
Turn the heat off and leave for a few minutes. Remove the lid, and fluff the quinoa rice with a fork.
Enjoy!

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Notes

Toast Your Quinoa: If you can spare a few minutes I really suggest toasting the quinoa. It gives the quinoa rice a lovely nutty flavor. You can toast the quinoa right in the saucepan you were planning on using anyway, so it'd no more dishes just a couple of extra minutes.
Change the ratio: If you or your kids are new to quinoa and you aren't sure how the change in rice will go, reduce the ratio of quinoa. You can start with as little as ¼ cup quinoa to 1 ¾ cups rice. You just need the total volume of the rice and quinoa to be 2 cups!
Make a smaller batch: I have a family of 6 so cook quite big batches. You just need to ensure you multiply the volume of rice and quinoa you have by 1.5 to get the volume of water.
Extra flavor:
One of my favourite tips for adding a little extra flavor is to substitute plain water for broth or stock when you are cooking rice or quinoa.
Once cooked add a generous nob of butter and a teaspoonful of garlic powder, mix this through the quinoa rice!
Stir a couple of spoonful of soy sauce/tamari and sesame oil through the cooked rice
Quinoa: When I'm making quinoa rice I use white quinoa as it has a milder flavour and fluffier texture than red or black quinoa. But you can use which ever quinoa you have in the pantry.
Rice: The cook times I provide are based on using a white long grain rice. I personally use Basmati Rice when I make this recipe. I have not tested this recipe with brown rice, I can only assume the cook time will be much longer.

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