Description
A healthy grain salad with lots of fresh flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 cups chicken broth
- ½ cup diced green bell pepper
- ½ cup diced red onion
- 1 cup corn
- 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained
- ¼ cup chopped cilantro
- 1 large tomato, diced
- ½ cup fresh lime juice, or to taste
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon adobo seasoning
- ½ cup feta cheese
- salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Rinse quinoa thoroughly under cold water; drain.
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir quinoa until water evaporates and quinoa is lightly toasted
- about 3 minutes. Pour in chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until quinoa has absorbed broth
- about 10 minutes. Cool quinoa in the refrigerator for at least 10 minutes.
- Mix together green bell pepper
- red onion
- corn
- black beans
- cilantro
- tomato
- lime juice
- red wine vinegar
- olive oil
- adobo seasoning
- and feta cheese in a large salad bowl.
- Lightly stir in quinoa; season with salt
- pepper
- and additional lime juice to taste. Chill salad at least 30 minutes before serving; serve cold.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 8