28 May, 2013
Quinoa, orange, and black bean salad recipe
Posted by andrea tomkins in: Recipes and Food
My latest bowl of goodness for the Daily Lunches project was so good I wanted to share the recipe here. Here’s the original recipe, and below is the one I made:
For some reason I have an orange bias as it pertains to savoury salads (I have no idea why) and when I embarked on this recipe I wasn’t sure if it was going to work. But you know what, it DID. I was pleasantly surprised.
Here’s how I ended up making it:
The quinoa part
- 1 cup uncooked quinoa, cooked according the package instructions
The salad part
- 1 large orange
- 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 1/3 cup chopped cilantro
- 1/4 of a red onion, diced (to taste)
- 1/2 red thai chili pepper, diced finely (optional)
And the dressing
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 3 tablespoons orange juice
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon honey
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander seed
- ½ teaspoon salt
- freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
- ¼ cup olive oil
1) Start by preparing the quinoa. Cook it according the package instructions. (If you happen to get yours from the bulk store, note that for every cup of dry quinoa you need 2 cups of water.) Once it’s cooked, remove from the cooking pot to a bowl to cool slightly before adding the other ingredients.
2) Wash the orange and zest it. I use a rasp for this and it works really well. Using a sharp knife, cut the remaining peel off the orange and slice the orange into segments.
3) Make the dressing in a large bowl and stir well to combine. You’ll be adding the other ingredients straight into the dressing as the quinoa cools down.
4) Add the black beans to the bowl that has your dressing in it, along with the diced celery, cilantro, red onion, chili pepper, and orange segments. Stir to combine. Leave it for awhile if your quinoa is still hot.
5) Add your cooled quinoa.
I prefer this salad served at room temperature. It’s also really good the next day when the flavours settle a little bit.
p.s Have you been following the Daily Lunches? You can see all the accumulated photos right here.
