How to cook perfect Quinoa in Instant Pot
Learn how to make perfect, fluffy quinoa recipe - It's fast, flavorful, and easily made in advance for speedy lunches and sides for work, school, or home! Serve it warm or cold. Sprinkle quinoa onto salads, serve as a side dish, fold in chopped veggies, seeds, beans or nuts or even make 'breakfast quinoa' in place of oatmeal. Use in tacos, veggie burgers and so much more.
- Prep time
- 11 min
- Cook time
- 1 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- EASY
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 tsp Coconut oil / any of your choice / For plant based you can skip oil
- 2 cups quinoa (rinsed in a fine-mesh sieve)
- 2 -1/2 cups Water or Vegetable stock
Instructions
- 1
Put the quinoa in a fine-mesh strainer and rinse under running water for a few minutes.
- 2
Press Saute when HOT add in the coconut oil , water and Rinsed Quinoa.
- 3
Cover and secure the lid. Make sure the valve is set to “sealing.” Set the manual/pressure cook button to 1 minute on high pressure.
- 4
When time is up, open the pressure cooker with the Natural pressure release approximately 10 min.
- 5
Open the lid.
- 6
Fluff quinoa with a fork and serve.