Puffed Quinoa

My model of puffed quinoa is full of a nutty taste and crunchy texture, making it a scrumptious topping for breakfast cereals, yogurt, and smoothie bowls. You may also get pleasure from it as a high-protein snack. The perfect half is it is fast and straightforward to make in simply 10 minutes! It is vegan, gluten free, an awesome high-protein topping or snack and a more healthy different to puffed rice.

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Contents

1. 📋 Components and notes
2. 📖 The best way to make puffed quinoa
3. Shruthi’s Prime Tip
4. 👩🏽‍🍳 Troubleshooting FAQs
5. 🍴 The best way to serve quinoa puff
6. 🍴Storage and reheating ideas
7. 🍴 Extra quinoa recipes
8. 📖 Recipe
9. Puffed Quinoa
10. Components
11. Directions
12. Notes
13. Diet

📋 Components and notes

To make this puffed quinoa recipe, you will solely want uncooked quinoa seeds and salt.

📖 The best way to make puffed quinoa

Step 1:
Rinse the quinoa below chilly water utilizing a fine-mesh strainer to take away the saponin coating that may make it style bitter. Shake off extra water.

Step 2:
Unfold the rinsed quinoa on a baking sheet or dish lined with a clear kitchen towel or parchment paper. Enable it to air dry fully.

Step 3:
Place a big, heavy-bottomed skillet or pot on the range over medium-high warmth. Enable it to warmth up for a couple of minutes till it’s very popular. You may take a look at the warmth by sprinkling a couple of drops of water into the pan – in the event that they sizzle and evaporate instantly, the pan is prepared.

Step 4:
Add a small quantity of quinoa to the new skillet (about 2-3 tablespoons at a time). The quinoa ought to begin popping virtually instantly. Shake the pan gently to make sure even heating and forestall burning. The quinoa will puff up inside a couple of seconds.

Step 5:
As soon as puffed, shortly take away the quinoa from the pan and switch it to a big bowl. Repeat the method in batches till all of the quinoa is puffed. Keep away from overcrowding the pan to make sure even puffing.

Step 6:
Enable the puffed quinoa to chill fully. Retailer it in an hermetic container at room temperature.

• Use a heavy-bottomed skillet to distribute warmth evenly and forestall scorching.
• Take a look at the pan’s warmth with a couple of drops of water; it ought to sizzle instantly for good puffing.
• Puff the quinoa in small batches to make sure every grain will get evenly heated.

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🍴 The best way to serve quinoa puff

Serve puffed quinoa as a topping for yogurt, smoothies, breakfast cereals, oatmeal, and salads or as a crunchy addition to granola bars, nut bars, and different baked items. You may also eat it as a snack or add it to your path combine.

Make a quinoa bar with puffed quinoa, rolled oats, nuts, dried fruits, vanilla extract, chocolate chips, honey, and salt.

🍴Storage and reheating ideas

Retailer puffed quinoa in an hermetic container or jars with lids for as much as 2 weeks and place it in a cool, darkish place like your pantry or cabinet. Make it possible for it is fully cool earlier than storing it to keep up its crunch.

🍴 Extra quinoa recipes

For those who like this recipe, try my different scrumptious recipes with quinoa:

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