Instant Pot Quinoa
If you’re looking for some of the quickest quinoa you’ve ever cooked, use your instant pot! This recipe cooks up in just minutes and makes perfect, fluffy quinoa every time.
Servings: 5
Calories: 193kcal
Equipment
- 6-Quart Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 1 ½ Cups Quinoa
- 2 ¼ cups Vegetable broth or water
- ½ teaspoon Salt optional
Instructions
- Add the quinoa to Instant Pot along with water or broth.
- Seal the lid, place the pressure valve in the sealing position, and set the Instant Pot to “Manual ” or “Pressure Cook” mode. Set the timer for one minute
- Once the timer goes off, allow the pressure to naturally release for 15 minutes before manually releasing any remaining pressure. Open the lid and fluff quinoa with a fork.
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Notes
- You can use the type of quinoa you prefer. As long as it’s not one of those rice and quinoa mixtures, and is just quinoa, this recipe will be perfect.
- You can swap out the vegetable broth for any broth you prefer, or just water will do great as well. Make note, changing the broth can alter the taste of the finished quinoa. Using broth will help to add extra flavor to the quinoa.
- The actual cooking time is 1 minute, but I always include the pressurizing and release time into the cooking time. Don’t set your pot for 23 minutes of cooking time, total, or you’ll ruin your yummy quinoa!
- This is great for a base recipe when making any kind of quinoa. Add more spices, protein, etc. to make it a full meal, or just use it as a side.
- Nutrition information is an estimation and was calculated with quinoa + vegetable stock.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 193kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 658mg | Potassium: 287mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 232IU | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 2mg
