Mexican
Quinoa Black Bean Bowl
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
- 1.5 cups quinoa
- 3 cups vegetable broth
- 15 oz canned black beans
- 1.5 cups frozen corn
- 2 avocados
- 2 limes
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- 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.
- 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.
- Stir the juice of one lime and half the cilantro into the quinoa.
- Divide the quinoa among four bowls and top with the bean and corn mixture.
- Add sliced avocado, the remaining cilantro, and a squeeze of the second lime.
- Season with the remaining salt and serve.
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
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Partial
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Pulses, Vegetables, and Fruit
- How this was set
- Hand audited
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.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on quinoa, bean, corn, and avocado.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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