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    Quinoa Fried Rice

    BY: Courtney PUBLISHED: Feb 17, 2014 5 Comments UPDATED ON: May 10, 2020

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    Broccoli Quinoa Fried Rice, a protein packed side dish or even main course. Kids will love this kid friendly recipe!

    Make our quinoa fried rice recipe with broccoli! It’s not only delicious but filled with veggies and protein!

    We have a small problem with quinoa. It is super messy for our daughter to eat, even sometimes for us. Quinoa needs a spoon, not a fork. For this reason, we’ve been mixing our rice with quinoa and noticed that the extra starch in the rice binds to the quinoa while cooking and it holds together much better. We love both rice and quinoa. Quinoa was a great rice alternative for us, but once we had our daughter it was just too hard for her to eat by herself, she would get very frustrated when it fell off the spoon. Since making it with rice that is the way we’ve done it ever since.

    quinoa fried rice on a blue plate with text on image "broccoli quinoa fried rice"

    Now when I make the quinoa rice, I will make a large batch so we can use for meal plans, dinners, and of course our quinoa fried rice!

    Broccoli is our daughters favorite vegetable.  Did you know that broccoli is a part of the cabbage family It’s high in vitamin C and dietary fiber. Eating broccoli or other cruciferous vegetables increases absorption of cancer-fighting nutrients!  So go buy yourself some broccoli, we always have it in our home!

    We’ve read stories about rice containing arsenic and brown rice containing more arsenic, so we’ve switched back to white jasmine rice or basmati rice.  Many tend to think that quinoa is a grain, but it’s a seed!  It’s well known for being full of protein and an excellent substitute for other starch in a meal without it being a starch! Did you know that Quinoa is also packed with magnesium and iron?  Calcium also contains some calcium, making it a staple for some who avoid dairy or are lactose intolerant.  It’s also gluten-free, which is why it was one of our daughter’s first foods since she was allergic to many foods containing protein. (she outgrew her food allergy, Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome aka FPIES)

    Also, we only use a nonstick green pan when making eggs. Otherwise, we just use stainless steel or cast iron. Make sure you use soft utensils, like silicone utensils when using nonstick, even if it’s chemical free.

    quinoa fried rice on a blue plate with spoon to the left

    How to make quinoa fried rice

    We do 1 part rice, 3 parts quinoa. Rinse and drain your quinoa and rice well using a mesh strainer and then place into a saucepan. Cover with water and allow to boil, once it’s boiling reduce heat to low and cover to cook, fluffing here and there.

    Quinoa and rice both use a 2:1 ratio, or two cups of water for every 1 cup. So if you use 1/3 cup of rice and 1 cups of quinoa, you’d use about 2 2/3 cups of water. If you want to make quinoa fried rice on its own, you can do that and follow the rest of the recipe by omitting the rice.

    step by step photos making quinoa fried rice with vegetables cooking in a pan

     

    broccoli quinoa fried rice on a blue plate with spoon to the left

    Quinoa Fried Rice

    Make our quinoa rice recipe so you can turn it into Quinoa Fried Rice - It's not only delicious but filled with veggies and protein!
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    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 202kcal
    Course: Side Dish
    Cuisine: Chinese
    Keyword: fried rice, quinoa fried rice, vegetable fried rice, veggie fried rice
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    Ingredients

    • 1/2 small yellow onion chopped
    • 1/2 cup peppers chopped (any color is fine, we use all colors!)
    • 1/2 cup broccoli chopped
    • 1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
    • 1 cups quinoa cooked
    • 1/3 cup jasmine rice cooked
    • 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1 large egg

    Instructions

    • In a pan saute onion with a little olive oil until slightly browned, add in the remaining vegetables and cook them until al dente (a little firm, not mushy).
    • Add the quinoa rice to warm it up and sprinkle with the salt.
    • Create a well in the center of the pan and add in your egg, stirring quickly to cook and get a good scramble.
    • Mix the eggs with the rest of the ingredients to combine and serve.

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    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Quinoa Fried Rice
    Serving Size
     
    1 g
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    202
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    3
    g
    5
    %
    Cholesterol
     
    40
    mg
    13
    %
    Sodium
     
    22
    mg
    1
    %
    Potassium
     
    343
    mg
    10
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    34
    g
    11
    %
    Fiber
     
    3
    g
    13
    %
    Sugar
     
    1
    g
    1
    %
    Protein
     
    8
    g
    16
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    200
    IU
    4
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    26.2
    mg
    32
    %
    Calcium
     
    35
    mg
    4
    %
    Iron
     
    2.3
    mg
    13
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    About Courtney

    Fruit and Veggie lover. I love making produce fun and delicious, not to mention taking tons of pictures in the process! :-)

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    Comments

    1. Victoria

      April 04, 2015 at 11:10 am

      I would love to try this. I have a question: When you make the quinoa rice, you said it’s a 4 to 1 ratio….does that mean 4 cups of quinoa to one cup of rice? Just seems like a quinoa. I’ve only made quinoa a few times so I’m not real familiar with it.

      Thanks.

      Reply
      • Courtney

        April 06, 2015 at 10:37 am

        Yes, Victoria. 🙂 If you’d want that many cups. I just do 1 cup of quinoa and 1/4 cup rice.

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    2. Lisa

      July 13, 2015 at 3:25 pm

      Have you ever thought of using steamed cauliflower to bulk up your quinoa instead of using rice. I find there is no difference really in taste especially after using other ingrediants. We just made a faux-potato salad using steamed cauliflower, veggies to bulk it up and other goodies. it was better than our normal potato salad. PS – have you thought of using worshire sauce in place of soy? We live on that stuff and use it instead of salt in a lot of our recipes. Its great in chicken noodle soup, though use rice noodles instead of wheat ones. it just adds that extra twang to dishes.

      Reply
    3. Molly

      July 18, 2016 at 8:54 pm

      How long do you cook the rice & quinoa together for?

      Reply
      • Courtney

        July 21, 2016 at 3:49 pm

        We cook them together, so as long as you’d cook them normally. 🙂

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