Mexican Quinoa Salad

Ingredients

• 180 g quinoa
• 45 g olive oil (divided)
• 1 vegetable stock cube (for 0.5 l)
• 700 g water
• 1 red pepper (diced (1 cm), approx. 100 g)
• 1 orange pepper (diced (1 cm), approx. 100 g)
• 420 g tinned black beans (drained weight)
• 200 g tinned sweetcorn (drained weight)
• 4 spring onions (sliced (2 mm))
• 0.5 avocado (diced (1 cm))
• 30 g cider vinegar
• 20 g honey
• 30 g lime juice
• 10 g fresh coriander (leaves only, plus 6 sprigs for garnishing)
• 1 fresh jalapeño chilli (halved, deseeded)
• 1 fresh red chilli (halved, deseeded)
• 0.5 tsp English mustard
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 tsp fine sea salt
• 0.5 tsp ground black pepper

Steps

1. 1

   Rinse 180 g quinoa thoroughly under cold running water to remove bitterness.

2. 2

   Place the rinsed quinoa, 15 g olive oil, 1 vegetable stock cube, and 700 g water into the mixing bowl and cook for 20-25 minutes at 100°C until the water is absorbed and quinoa is tender.

3. 3

   Drain the quinoa through a fine-mesh sieve and transfer to a large salad bowl to cool.

4. 4

   Prepare the vegetables: dice the red and orange peppers into 1 cm pieces, drain the black beans and sweetcorn, slice the spring onions into 2 mm rounds, and dice the avocado into 1 cm pieces.

5. 5

   To make the dressing, combine the remaining 30 g olive oil, cider vinegar, honey, lime juice, coriander leaves, jalapeño, red chilli, English mustard, garlic, salt, and black pepper in the mixing bowl and blend until smooth.

6. 6

   Add the diced peppers, black beans, sweetcorn, spring onions, and avocado to the bowl with the cooled quinoa.

7. 7

   Pour the dressing over the salad and toss gently to combine.

8. 8

   Garnish with the reserved coriander sprigs and serve.

Notes

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Nutrition per serving

• main
• salad
• vegetarian
• healthy
• quinoa
• mexican-style
• lunch