This Creamy Canned Ingredient Is Your Ticket To Quinoa Like You've Never Had Before - Tasting Table

"Quinoa is a filling, nutty-tasting food that pairs well with a variety of ingredients. From breakfast bowls of quinoa topped with yogurt and fruit to savory meals made with chicken and roasted veggies, this powerhouse seed is ready for culinary embellishments. But there's no need to just prepare quinoa with water, instead, make things creamier by simmering the small superfood seeds in a can of coconut milk instead."

"Since quinoa and coconut milk can be used as part of both sweet and savory dishes, this is a perfect pairing. Though the ingredient might sound unexpected, you're in for a treat. As well as adding creaminess, the flavor of coconut milk plays well with quinoa's subtle nuttiness, offering a tasty option that can be seasoned simply with cinnamon or spruced up with citrus zest and caramelized onions."

"Rinse quinoa first before preparing and toast the seeds on a skillet for maximum flavor. While you can completely sub out water for coconut milk to make an extra creamy dish, you can also warm up to the idea of using coconut milk in your recipe by halving water with coconut milk or adding coconut milk slowly to quinoa dishes."

Cooking quinoa in coconut milk produces a creamy, subtly sweet base that complements both sweet and savory accompaniments. Coconut milk enhances quinoa's nuttiness and allows simple seasonings like cinnamon or citrus zest and caramelized onions to shine. For best texture, rinse and toast quinoa before simmering and use about 1 3/4 cups of liquid per cup of quinoa for fluffy results. Coconut milk can fully replace water or be combined with water to ease into the flavor. Cooked coconut-milk quinoa stores well refrigerated up to a week or frozen up to a year, making it ideal for batch meal prep.

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