Thai Peanut Quinoa
Let me whet your appetite with this out-of-this-world delicious, healthy and truly easy quinoa recipe for your next dinner! Scrumptious and nutritious!
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Ingredients
- 2 Bell Peppers diced and seeded
- 2 Zucchini cubed
- 1 onion diced
- 1 cup mushrooms I used Baby Bellas, halved
- 1 pt. grape tomatoes
- 2 ears of corn cooked and cut from the cob
- 1/4 – 1/2 cup Thai Peanut Sauce
- 1 cup Quinoa Sprouted Quinoa or Kañiwa
- 1 1/4 – 1 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 lb. shrimp deveined and peeled (optional)
- 1/2 lb. scallops optional
- 2 Tbs. vegetable oil high heat preferred
- 2 Tbs. San-J Thai Peanut Sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Prepare vegetables and spread evenly in a baking dish or roasting pan, drizzling with enough Thai Peanut Sauce to lightly coat all veggies (do not roast the corn unless it is uncooked at this point). Toss to coat. Place in preheated oven and bake for approximately 30 minutes, stirring once at 15 minutes so as not to overbrown.
- Meanwhile, boil water in a lidded saucepan per Quinoa package directions. Add rinsed quinoa, stir and cover, reducing heat to simmer. Follow package directions regarding how long to simmer — most recommend between 15-20 minutes. The seeds are cooked when the white spiral-like germ has popped out of each seed and the water is absorbed. Fluff with a fork once fully cooked.
- Prepare a large wok or skillet by adding oil and 2 Tablespoons Thai Peanut Sauce and heating to high. When the pan is very hot, add the scallops and shrimp, being careful not to get burned from splatter. Pan sauté on both sides for a total of 2-3 minutes, depending on the size of the shrimp and scallops. The scallops should be slightly caramelized on the edges and very soft inside, but not translucent; the shrimp should no longer be pink, but not cooked so much that they are rubbery.
- Reduce heat to medium-low and add roasted vegetables and cooked Quinoa. Toss to bring to consistent heat and serve.
** Please keep in mind that nutrition information provided is per serving, which may vary. While we have taken care to provide you with the most accurate nutritional values possible, please note that this information may differ significantly depending on the exact ingredients and brands that you choose to use to make this recipe. Additionally, where options are given for ingredients, the resulting calculation may include all ingredient options instead of only one per line, skewing the totals significantly.