Ecuadorean Quinoa and Vegetable Soup

"I have tried several recipes using quinoa and never liked any of them until this one. It is important to rinse this grain very, very well to get rid of the bitter taste. This is an adapted Moosewood recipe."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
14
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Rinse the quinoa very well in a fine mesh strainer under running water; set aside to drain.
  • Heat the oil in a large soup pot.
  • Add in the onions and salt; cover and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes--stir every now and then.
  • Add in the drained quinoa, potatoes, bell pepper, coriander, cumin, oregano, pepper, vegetable stock, and tomatoes; stir to combine.
  • Cover and bring to a boil; lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Add in the zucchini; cover and let simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
  • Add in the lemon juice; stir to combine.
  • Serve.

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Reviews

  1. This was really excellent! Had a bunch of extra vegetables in the fridge, so I added brussel sprouts, carrots, ginger, garlic, sweet potato and upped the quinoa a bit to compensate. Easy recipe to play with, and it turned out so good. Highly recommend the ginger, it works great with the lemon juice. Also, if you really want to stay really low on calories, you can "steam fry" the onions in 1/4 cup water with the lid on rather than use oil. I never tried that before and was skeptical, but it worked fine and there's plenty of flavor in this soup without the oil. Thanks for posting!
     
  2. This is one of the richest tasting soups we have ever eaten! I followed it to the letter and we just couldn't get enough of it. My husband is still talking about it the next day. Thanks, Carole
     
  3. Perfect, amazing, very delicious and healthy soup!! Just a perfect combination of spices and ingredients that come together as more than the sum of the parts. I added diced ginger, which I highly recommend if you like ginger.
     
  4. Great stuff. Very flavorful, I was skeptical of the lemon but it was great, and I added cilantro. I played kind of fast and loose with the ingredients, a whole quart of stock, 2 smallish red potatoes, a whole red pepper, whole mediumish zucchini, 2 smallish onions, added some mild bulk sausage I had left from breakfast, etc., only really measured the seasonings. I will be making this a lot, with carrots next time and who knows what else. Thanks ratherbeswimmin'.
     
  5. I liked this a lot. It's a really good mix of veggies, and I liked the spices. Next time I make it, I'll probably use larger amounts of the spices; also, I added more than the tb. of lemon called for. Thanks for sharing!
     
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Tweaks

  1. I added 1 tbs of crushed garlic once the onions were cooked, then 1 can of black beans and 1 cup of corn (with the zucchini) and it was fantastic.
     
  2. Great soup! I didn't have fresh tomatoes, so used a can of diced tomatoes with basil, garlic and oregano instead. Other than that, I followed directions exactly. Will make again, for sure! Thanks!
     
  3. This has become my favorite soup. I use an entire carton of vegetable broth (4 cups) and one can of diced tomatoes including the juice instead of the chopped fresh tomatoes. I also buy pre-washed quinoa to save time. You can substitute ingredients easily in this soup... I many times use a can of black beans instead of the potato and add a dash of hot sauce.
     
  4. Very nice. A comforting, mild yet flavorful dish. I added a bay leaf and bit of cayenne pepper, that was the only thing different. I plan on making this many more times. Maybe next time with chickpeas and kale or black beans and sweet potato instead of potatoes and zucchini. This will be a fun one to experiment with!
     
  5. I ended up making this soup with barley instead of quinoa so I suppose I missed the point a little!! But it was delicious all the same. I used sweet potato in place of the regular potato and the resulting soup had great colour and tasted fantastic. Thank you.
     

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