Pasta salads have nothing on this picnic-perfect side. Loaded with grilled vegetables, taco seasoning mix and spiked with lime, this quinoa salad is anything but subtle. Taste buds, consider yourselves warned!
Grilled Mexican Quinoa Salad
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 45 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 13
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups white quinoa, drained, rinsed
- 1 packet (1 oz) Old El Paso™ Original Taco Seasoning Mix
- 2 1/4 cups from 1 carton (32 oz) Progresso™ Classic Chicken Broth
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large poblano chile, cored, seeded and cut in quarters
- 1 large red bell pepper, cored, seeded and cut in quarters
- 1 medium zucchini, cut lengthwise in quarters
- 1/2 large red onion, cut into 8 wedges
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1/2 cup crumbled Cotija cheese
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves

Make With
Old El Paso
Instructions
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Step1Heat gas or charcoal grill. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil.
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Step2In 2-quart saucepan, heat 1 teaspoon of the oil over medium heat. Add rinsed quinoa and 2 tablespoons of the taco seasoning mix. Stir 1 minute. Add broth. Heat to simmering. Cover; reduce heat to low, and cook 15 to 18 minutes or until all of the liquid is absorbed and quinoa is fluffy. Transfer to medium bowl to cool 15 minutes.
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Step3Meanwhile, mix remaining taco seasoning mix, 2 tablespoons of the oil, 1 tablespoon of the lime juice and the salt in small bowl. Place poblano chile, bell pepper, zucchini and onion in foil-lined pan. Brush both sides of vegetables with lime mixture. Place vegetables directly on grill over medium-high heat. Cover grill; cook 7 to 8 minutes, turning once, until grill marks appear and vegetables are crisp-tender. Cool 10 minutes. Chop vegetables, and add to bowl of cooled quinoa; stir to combine.
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Step4In small bowl, beat remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice, remaining 3 tablespoons oil and the honey with whisk to make dressing. Stir dressing into quinoa-vegetable mixture, and transfer to platter. Top with cheese; garnish with cilantro.
Nutrition
350
Calories
19g
Total Fat
10g
Protein
36g
Total Carbohydrate
7g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 350
- Calories from Fat
- 170
- Total Fat
- 19g
- 28%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 21%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 980mg
- 41%
- Potassium
- 420mg
- 12%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 36g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 17%
- Sugars
- 7g
- Protein
- 10g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 25%
- 25%
- Vitamin C
- 40%
- 40%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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