Mexican
Quinoa Black Bean Bowl
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Quinoa Black Bean Bowl is Mexican home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the quinoa, then simmer it in the vegetable broth, covered, until the liquid is absorbed and the grains are tender, about 15 minutes; fluff with a fork.
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Warm the black beans and corn in a skillet with the olive oil, cumin, and chili powder until heated through, about 5 minutes; season with half the salt.
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Stir the juice of one lime and half the cilantro into the quinoa.
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Divide the quinoa among four bowls and top with the bean and corn mixture.
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Add sliced avocado, the remaining cilantro, and a squeeze of the second lime.
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Season with the remaining salt and serve.
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Serve it with
A Mexican dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Quinoa Black Bean Bowl, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Quinoa Black Bean Bowl carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 580 kcal
- Protein
- 17 g
- Carbs
- 79 g
- Fat
- 22 g
- Fiber
- 18 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 550 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Quinoa Black Bean Bowl takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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