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Mexican quinoa salad with lime dressing

  • Time to make: 25 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup (145g) quinoa
  • 1 ½ cups water
  • 2 ¼ cups frozen corn
  • olive spray oil
  • 400g can black beans, rinsed, drained
  • ¼ small red cabbage, trimmed, shredded
  • 2 large Roma tomatoes, chopped
  • ½ cup roughly chopped coriander leaves
  • 1 ½ tablespoons lime juice, plus lime wedges, to serve
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 long red chilli, seeded, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Place quinoa in a medium saucepan with water; bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low, cover pan and simmer for 12 minutes, or until grains absorb water. Remove pan from heat and set aside to cool.

    2 Meanwhile heat a grill pan or barbecue hotplate to medium. Spray with olive oil. Grill corn until lightly charred and tender. Remove from heat and leave to cool.

    3 Slice kernels from corn cobs with a sharp knife. Place cooked quinoa and corn in a large salad bowl with black beans, cabbage, tomatoes and coriander. Combine lime juice, olive oil, paprika, chilli and maple syrup in a small bowl to make dressing; add to salad and toss gently. Serve quinoa salad with lime wedges.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Check paprika is gluten free.

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