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Quinoa makes a great alternative to rice in this quick and easy stir fry. I often make a large batch of quinoa, and keep the rest in my fridge to use throughout the week (it freezes great too). You can easily make this a main dish by adding chicken, shrimp or beef.
Quinoa "Fried Rice"
Yield: 5 servings
Serving Size: 1 cup
Ingredients
- 4 cups cooked quinoa
- 8 scallions chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 red peppers diced small
- 1 to mato diced small
- 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce for gluten free use gf tamari
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- spray oil
- 3 egg large whites beaten
- 1 whole large egg beaten
- salt
Instructions
- In a nonstick wok, spray oil and add the eggs and salt and cook a minute or two until done. Set aside.
- Add the remaining oil to the wok and add the scallions, peppers and garlic.
- Saute about a minute, add the tomato and stir in all the quinoa.
- Add soy sauce and stir to mix all the ingredients.
- Keep stirring a few minutes, then add cooked scrambled egg.
- Adjust soy sauce as needed to taste and mix well another 30 seconds.
Last Step:
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Serving: 1 cup, Calories: 252.3 kcal, Carbohydrates: 39 g, Protein: 11.7 g, Fat: 6.3 g, Fiber: 5.6 g
one of my favorites. I have come back to this recipe time and time again
We added a few drops of liquid smoke
Made it vegan so substituted the egg with either edamame or tempeÂ
added cilantro
and cauliflower /broccoliÂ
EVERYONE loved this recipe, easy to make and delicious too … not to mention healthyÂ
Just found this and look forward to making it this weekend. I see many references to fish sauce but don’t see it in the recipe. How much should be included?
Made this tonight as I just got a huge batch of organic quinoa from Amazon. Delicious. I added a little bit of fish sauce and a couple of dashes of sriracha for some heat! Yummy, great idea. ????????
Hi Gina,
Do you know how many Smart Points this would be by any chance?
i would like to know the same question as nikki if you can use a regular pan i only have stainless steel
I added tofu and some sesame oil – so filling!!!
I tried this recipe (and several others from this site) this weekend and LOVED it!! This is definitely my new fave source for recipes (and I can't stop telling people about it!)
Yes. Add the crushed peppers. ;o)
tried this recipe tonight i skipped the crushed peppers, but followed the recipe regarding the soy sauce and the fish sauce. However I found this to be somewhat bland, is there any way to make it really spicy?
Hi Gina,
This might be a dumb question, but if I don't have a Wok, can I use a regular pan? Would I need to adjust any of the process? Thanks!
This recipe is amazing! Instead of fish sauce, I used a little bit of hoisin sauce. Everyone in the lunchroom at work was commenting on how good it smelled. Next time I plan on adding carrots and peas. Thank you for all the great recipes!