Asian Quinoa Salad

This Healthy Asian Quinoa Salad Is Filled With Colorful Vegetables And Finished With A Simple Asian Dressing. This Easy Quinoa Salad Is Great For Lunch Or Dinner And Can Be Made In Advance. #Beans #creamy #garlic #edamame #recipe

Last week, I was in the mood for a quinoa salad, but wanted to try something new, so I mixed up an Asian Quinoa Salad and my oh my it’s amazing! This one tops the charts! You’ve gotta try it!

Eating the rainbow has never been so delicious! And if you need to clean out your vegetable drawer, feel free to throw in other veggies too! This salad is flexible.

Asian Quinoa Salad , By Cook Health Coverage .

This Healthy Asian Quinoa Salad Is Filled With Colorful Vegetables And Finished With A Simple Asian Dressing. This Easy Quinoa Salad Is Great For Lunch Or Dinner And Can Be Made In Advance. #Beans #creamy #garlic #edamame #recipe

Total time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 Servings

Ingredients :

• 1 cup quinoa
• 2 cups water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped red cabbage
• 1 cup shelled and cooked edamame
• 1 red bell pepper chopped
• 1/2 cup shredded carrots
• 1 cup diced cucumber
• 1/4 cup lite soy sauce or tamari sauce low sodium
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons chopped green onion
• 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 (taste before adding salt, you might not need any)

Instructions :

• 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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