Asian Quinoa Salad

This bright and healthy Asian Quinoa Salad is great for an easy lunch or dinner. It is also great to take to parties! It is always a hit! Adapted from Two peas and their pod.
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Serves:
- Units:
2
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ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa
- 2 cups water
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped red cabbage
- 1 cup edamame, shelled and cooked
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup shredded carrot
- 1 cup diced cucumber
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For the dressing
- 1⁄4 cup light soy sauce (or tamari sauce)
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons chopped green onions
- 1⁄4 cup chopped cilantro
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1⁄4 teaspoon grated ginger
- 1⁄8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- salt and black pepper, to taste
directions
- Add water, quinoa, and salt to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for 5 minutes. Turn the heat to low and simmer for about 15 minutes, or until water is absorbed. Remove from heat and fluff with a fork.
- Place the quinoa in a large bowl and add the cabbage, edamame, red pepper, carrots, and cucumber. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, sesame oil, rice wine vinegar, green onions, cilantro, sesame seeds, ginger, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper.
- Pour the dressing over the quinoa salad and stir to combine.
- Note-Make sure you use tamari for a gluten-free salad, not all soy sauce is gluten-free. This salad is good served at room temperature or chilled.
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"This bright and healthy Asian Quinoa Salad is great for an easy lunch or dinner. It is also great to take to parties! It is always a hit! Adapted from Two peas and their pod."
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Delicious! Served to us in our monthly Diabetes Group meeting with a half sandwich (lettuce, spinach, tomato, turkey, and a little mayo) and a fruit portion. This salad was so flavorful that I wanted to keep eating more. Note 1: You can also use the sesame dressing they sell at COSTCO. Note 2: we made the quinoa in a rice cooker. I plan on making this for our next office party. MAHALO : )Reply