How To Cook The Perfect Quinoa
WarriorInTheKitchen
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- Serves
- 6 people
- Prep Time
- 5 Minutes
- Cook Time
- 20 Minutes
Here are a couple of super simple, fail-safe methods using either the Instant Pot or a stovetop pressure cooker to cook fluffy, non-mushy quinoa!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup uncooked quinoa
- 3 cup water
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Directions
- Step 1
Rinse uncooked quinoa.
- Step 2
Transfer rinsed quinoa to the IP inner pot.
- Step 3
Add measured water.
- Step 4
Set IP to 'Multigrain' mode, 12 minutes, valve to 'Sealing' position.
- Step 5
Once the Instant Pot completes its cycle, move the valve position to 'Venting' to manually release the steam.
- Step 6
Once the silver (or red) float valve drops, you can carefully open the lid.
- Step 7
* The best way I have found to rinse quinoa is through a fine-meshed strainer. ** An alternate method is to cook the quinoa in a pressure cooker. After rinsing your quinoa and straining out the water, transfer your quinoa to your pressure cooker As with the Instant Pot, when cooking quinoa in a pressure cooker, you will use the same ratio (1 cup uncooked quinoa to 2 cups water). Seal the pressure cooker and set it on a stove on medium heat. I have a traditional 'Indian-style' pressure cooker that whistles. I let my pressure cooker 'whistle' 2 times before turning off the heat. That's about 15-20 minutes.