Easy Rice Cooker Thai Quinoa

I had no idea you could actually COOK in a rice cooker!  Hey now! 

This recipe is being thrown together on the fly, so I apologize in advance for my lack of actual "blog" and also the quality of the pictures. I have an eye for food, no eye for photography! 

What you'll need:

1 can light coconut milk 

1 tsp coconut oil 

4 scallions, chopped 

2 tsp grated ginger 

2 chopped garlic cloves 

1 cup quinoa 

2 tsp low sodium soy sauce 

Low or no sodium chicken broth

The equipment you'll need: 

A rice cooker 

First, you want to plug in the rice cooker and set it to "Cook" not "Warm".  To do this, you may need to keep the lid on it. Once it's warmed up, add your coconut oil and ginger, garlic and scallions. Stir to combine, then put the lid back on.  (Make sure it's on "Cook".  Again.) 

Once the veggies have softened, add your quinoa, soy sauce, 1 cup chicken stock, and 1 cup light coconut milk.  Put the cover back on the rice cooker and leave it be! 

That's it!  When the button pops, fluff it up with a fork and serve! 

I served it here with Spicy Thai Marinated Pork Tenderloin and some mixed veggies.   A quick run down on the pork, I used this marinade from my Spicy Peanut Thai Tuna.  I allowed the tenderloin to marinate for half the day.  Then I heated up an oven safe pan to about medium heat, with a bit of olive oil and seared on each side.  Then I poured the rest of the marinade into the pan over the pork, and popped in the oven at 375 for about 30 minutes. Allow to rest outside the oven for 5 minutes before slicing.  (You can stir the sauce and spoon over the pork every 10 mins or so.)  I counted one red of the pork as 1 red, 2 tsp for the sauce. 

It was DIVINE!  For the quick and easy quinoa recipe, please see below!

Easy Rice Cooker Thai Quinoa 

4 scallions, chopped

2 tsp grated ginger 

2 garlic cloves, chopped 

1 tsp coconut oil 

1 cup quinoa 

1 cup light coconut milk 

1 cup chicken broth 

2 tsp low sodium soy sauce 

Heat your rice cooker to Cook, add your coconut oil. Once it's melted, add your ginger, garlic, and scallions.  When the veggies are softened, add your quinoa, coconut milk, chicken broth and soy sauce.  Cover and allow to cook until your rice cooker indicates that it's finished. 

Enjoy! 

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Tips: You're only limited by your imagination here!  Try it with some garlic and onion, add a little balsamic to your water or chicken broth.  Use chopped carrots, celery, and onion and use chicken broth.  Add some shredded chicken and you've got Chicken Soup Quinoa! 

(21 Day Fixers- My serving was 1.5 yellow, 1/2 blue)