Name: Garlic Quinoa
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter; 1 tablespoon minced garlic; 2 cups chicken broth; 1 cup quinoa

This is a quick and easy, basic quinoa recipe that we use in our house instead of rice as a great side.

Garlic Quinoa

butter

garlic

chicken broth

quinoa

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic in melted butter until just browned, about 5 minutes.


Pour chicken broth into the saucepan; add quinoa and stir. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until liquid is absorbed, about 15 minutes.


Remove saucepan from heat and rest mixture 5 minutes before fluffing with a fork.


Delicious!  I opted to roast a whole head of garlic and just add it to the quinoa/ chicken broth mixture instead of sauteing the garlic.  The whole family loved it!

My whole family loved this side dish.  We had it with salmon and asparagus.  I made it somewhat like risotto.  Like some other reviewers, I used a spoonful of minced garlic from a jar, and added chopped onion.  After 20 mins of simmering, I added a few handfuls of fresh baby spinach and 3-4 tablespoons of shredded Parmesan, then tossed it all together until the spinach softened and the cheese melted.

Made this for lunch, but cut it back to 2 servings. My first time having  quinoa, i used lactose free margarine and my own chicken broth. I added peas for color. I Really liked it, my husband not so much. Guess it's not for everyone. Even though i found it took 5 minutes more to cook i gave it 5 stars cause its easy and tasty. Thank you for this recipe, i will be making it again.

We absolutely loved this recipe.  My husband does not like to try new things, but when I saw this recipe had garlic, I thought maybe there was a chance he'd try it.  He took three helpings!!  I used minced garlic from a jar, and it was VERY garlicy (just the way I like it) but I can see that it may be too much for garlic "likers", not "lovers".  I used the mixed Quinoa which gave it some added colour.

So easy & simple. I added kale & a green bean, zucchini & carrot mixture. So good & simple to make

Instead of butter I use olive oil to saute the garlic. Also added some diced onion and saute with the garlic.

I made quinoa for the first time and I love garlic so I used this recipe. I also added a little chopped onion yellow squash and a can of drained chunk chicken for protein. I was on my lunch break when I cooked it! Super easy and delicious.

So easy and delicious! My hubby loves garlic and actually wants me to add more next time. The kids thought it was perfect! Thank you for sharing a great recipe!!

Loved the garlic taste. If you are not a garlic person may want to use a little less.

I made this as written and it wasn't bad but we weren't blown away. We didn't find it to be very memorable.

Garlic Quinoa

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : sjflick

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