Vegan Beans & Quinoa - Caribbean Style

Submitted by magpie diner

"Posting for ZWT5 - looks good, and easy!!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 18
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large bell pepper, diced (any colour OK)
• 1 large onion, diced
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1⁄2 cups quinoa
• 2 cups vegetable broth
• 3 cups cooked kidney beans (about 2 regular sized cans, drained)
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1⁄4 cup stuffed olives
• 1⁄4 cup capers, drained
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon allspice
• 1⁄2 tablespoon hot pepper sauce (to taste)
• sea salt (to taste)
• fresh ground pepper (to taste)
• 1⁄2 a fresh lime

directions

1. Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large saute pan. Sauté the peppers, onions and garlic until just cooked, about 10 minutes.
2. While the peppers, onion and garlic are cooking, rinse the quinoa in several changes of water. Drain it well. Add the quinoa to the pan and toast it for a few minutes, just to dry it out a little.
3. Add the remaining ingredients, stir well. Turn the heat to low, cover and cook until the quinoa is tender and the liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to your taste. Add a little extra hot sauce if you dare! Sprinkle with fresh lime juice and serve.

Reviews

[nikivixen]

This dish tastes good and feels great! I served it as a main dish last night and he told me that he hopes I'll make it on a regular basis.

 

[Elmotoo]

This is delicious & comes together really quickly & easily! I served this over lightly dressed romaine as a salad. Everybody enjoyed it - no leftovers! Made for VIP of May 2010 Veggie Swap!!

 

[COOKGIRl]

I'm not going to star rate this because I turned the recipe into a warm weather "veggie bowl". So, what I did was cooked the quinoa and set it aside. Next, chopped up all the veggies into bite size pieces, used fresh toms, fresh basil. Lined our Fiestaware bowls with greens, then the quinoa, beans and veggies, capers, etc. and hot sauce, lime wedges on the side. Loved it! Reviewed for Veg Tag/July. PS Will make again in cold weather and star rate.