Crispy quinoa bake

Yummy veggie dish

Category: Main Dish

Cuisine: not set

Ready in 45 minutes
by stauglady

Ingredients

1 Cup Quinoa Uncooked

1 1/2 tablespoons Extra virgin olive oil

2 Cups Chicken Stock

1 Cup Onion Diced

2 Cloves Garlic

1 Cup Zucchini Chopped

1 can Black beans Drained rinsed

1 Can Green chili

1 can Tomatoes Diced drained

1 Cup Frozen corn

1/2 teaspoon Ground cumin

1 teaspoon Dried oregano

1 teaspoon Chili powder

1/2 Lime Juiced

Salt To taste

2 cup Monterey jack cheese Shredded


Directions

Preheat oven to 375. Spray a bakingdish with cooking spray Place quinoa in a fine mesh strainer and rinse thoroughly with cool water for 2 min and drain. In med saucepan, heat 2 t olive oil over med heat. Add quinoa and cook for a minute. The quinoa should dry out and pop a bit. Add chicken stock. Stir and bring to boil. Turn heat down and cook covered for 15 min. Remove pan from heat and let stand covered for 5 minutes. Meanwhile in a large skillet, heat 1 T olive oil over med heat. Add onions and peppers and cook. Stir occasionally until soft about 7 min. Add garlic and zucchini and cook 3 more minutes. Fluff quinoa with a fork and place in large bowl. Add onion mixture, beans, been chiles, tomatoes, corn, cumin, oregano, chili powder, lime juice and salt to taste. Mix thoroughly and transfer to. Prepared dish. Bake 30 minutes, top with cheese and bake 10 min more.

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