Name: Guacamole-Style Quinoa Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 tsp olive oil; ½ sweet onion; 2 garlic cloves; 1 cup quinoa; 1 lime; 1¾ cups chicken stock; 6 tbsp fresh cilantro; 6 grape tomatoes; 1 avocado; 1 jalapeno pepper

Guacamole-Style Quinoa Recipe

Cathy Shelton Modified: January 31, 2024

How To Make Guacamole-Style Quinoa

This flavorful quinoa recipe is just as creamy and refreshing as guacamole! Whip up a belly-filling batch of this quinoa in just 30 minutes.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Chill Time: 1 hour

Total: 1 hour 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1tspolive oil
½sweet onion,diced
2garlic cloves,minced, or more to taste
1cupquinoa
1lime,juiced
1¾cupschicken stock,or as needed
6tbspfresh cilantro,chopped
6grape tomatoes,quartered
1avocado,cubed
1jalapeno pepper,diced

Instructions

Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat.
Cook and stir the onion and garlic in the hot oil for 5 minutes until slightly browned.
Stir the quinoa into the onion mixture, then cook for 30 seconds until the quinoa is lightly browned.
Squeeze the lime juice into a 2-cup measuring cup, then pour in enough chicken stock to make 2 cups of liquid.
Pour the chicken stock mixture over the quinoa, then bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat, cover the saucepan, and simmer for 15 minutes until the liquid is absorbed and the quinoa is tender.
Remove the saucepan from the heat.
Chill the quinoa in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Fold the cilantro, tomatoes, avocado, and jalapeno pepper into the quinoa mixture.
Serve, and enjoy!