Quinoa Chicken Fried Rice Recipes

QUINOA FRIED "RICE"

Steps:

• Bring 1 1/2 cups water, 3/4 cup rinsed quinoa and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt to a simmer in a saucepan; cover and cook 15 minutes. Meanwhile, cook 1 chopped broccoli stalk and 4 chopped baby bell peppers in vegetable oil in a skillet until tender, 3 minutes. Add 2 chopped scallions and 1 tablespoon each chopped garlic and ginger; cook 1 minute. Add the quinoa, 2 tablespoons soy sauce and 1 tablespoon each toasted sesame oil and mirin; toss.

QUINOA FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Bring water and quinoa to a boil in a saucepan; season with salt. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender and water has been absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and let sit for 5 minutes; fluff quinoa with a fork. Refrigerate until cool, 8 hours to overnight.
• Mix soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, and sesame oil together in a bowl until sauce is evenly mixed.
• Heat 1 1/2 teaspoons oil in a large skillet over high heat; saute carrots and onion for 2 minutes. Add 2 scallions, garlic, and ginger; saute until fragrant, about 2 minutes more. Add the remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons oil and quinoa; cook until heated through, about 2 minutes.
• Stir sauce into quinoa mixture; cook and stir until evenly coated, about 2 minutes.
• Make well in the center of the quinoa mixture. Pour eggs into the well; cook and stir until eggs are scrambled and cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes. Add peas and cook until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes. Add remaining scallion.

QUINOA CHICKEN "FRIED RICE"

Steps:

• Cook the Quinoa first and let it stand and cool down. It's important to let the Quinao sit in its water for at least ½ an hour before you start cooking it so you get no bitter taste.
• In a saucepan big enough to hold all the Quinoa Fried Rice, heat some oil and then stir fry the chicken until it's mostly cooked. Add salt & pepper to taste.
• Add in the carrots, and sautee about a minute with the chicken to start softening the carrots up a bit.
• Add in the peas and corn and sautee with the chicken and carrots for about a minute.
• Scramble the eggs in a cup and then pour in with the chicken, carrots, peas, and corn. It is important to cook the scramble eggs before adding in the Quinoa. If you pour the raw egg onto the Quinoa, the Quinoa will get soggy.
• When the eggs are scrambled, pour in the Quinoa and the green onions along with the soy sauce. Mix all ingredients together well. Let cook in pan, stirring continually for about 1-2 minutes.