Quinoa Pilaf With Mushrooms

Name: Quinoa Pilaf With Mushrooms
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 small shallot, chopped; ½ cup thinly sliced cremini mushrooms; 1 ½ cups quinoa, rinsed and drained; ½ teaspoon fresh thyme leaves; 1 bay leaf; 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt; freshly ground black pepper to taste; 3 cups vegetable stock

Rating: 4.45 stars

31 Ratings
31 Reviews
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Recipe Summary test

prep:

15 mins

cook:

35 mins

additional:

10 mins

total:

1 hr

Servings:

Yield:

4 servings

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 4 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 small shallot, chopped
½ cup thinly sliced cremini mushrooms
1 ½ cups quinoa, rinsed and drained
½ teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
1 bay leaf
1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
freshly ground black pepper to taste
3 cups vegetable stock

Directions

Step 1
Heat a large saucepan over medium heat and swirl olive oil around the inside of the pan to coat. Cook shallot in the hot oil until translucent, about 3 minutes; stir in cremini mushrooms, cooking and stirring until mushrooms are browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir quinoa, thyme, bay leaf, kosher salt, and black pepper into mushroom mixture. Cook, stirring often, until quinoa gives off a slightly toasted fragrance, about 5 minutes.

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Step 2
Pour vegetable stock into quinoa mixture (stock may spatter a bit); stir to combine. Bring to a full boil, reduce heat to low, and cover pan; simmer until liquid is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and fluff quinoa pilaf with a fork; cover pan and let pilaf stand 10 more minutes to steam dry.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

290 calories; protein 9.9g; carbohydrates 45.4g; fat 7.4g; sodium 1083.8mg. Full Nutrition

Reviews (31)

Most helpful positive review

Jonathan

03/22/2013

Fantastic and easy recipe. We've been looking for a simple quinoa recipe and this is it! We don't keep shallots and cremini mushrooms in stock so I substituted white onions and white mushrooms and itt turned out to be quite tasty. As the other review stated, it could have used about half the salt. Thanks for this recipe! Read More

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Frugalux

04/06/2015

I did not care for this recipe. We used hen of the woods mushrooms from our yard that are always delicious and we ended up picking them out of the pilaf and leaving the rest. I've tried to find ways to use quinoa that we like; this just isn't to our taste. Read More

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31 Ratings

5 star values: 19
4 star values: 9
3 star values: 1
2 star values: 2
1 star values: 0

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Jonathan

03/22/2013

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AZSRT8

04/28/2013

great stuff fabulous taste but I used commercial vegetable broth and even omitting the added salt this was waaaay salty!!!! Next time I'll try reduced sodium chicken broth instead because it was simple enough and tasty enough to merit extra chances and experimentation. Read More

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Marianne

Allstar

03/09/2013

Very tasty! I'm so glad hubby liked this! Miracle! If you are sensitive to salt I'd start out with a little less salt because you can always add more. I thought it bordered on being just a little salty---which could be because even though I did use a good organic version of vegetable stock it may have contained more salt than I figured on (I really need to make my own---note to self). I may have added a touch more mushrooms and shallot than it called for but that's normal for me. Very good! Thanks! Read More

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sonsfan

05/29/2013

geez-owie is this good. was looking for a vegetarian potluck recipe and this fit the bill. only changes I made are to omit the added salt (not needed if your stock is flavorful) used shitake instead of cremini (it's what my shroom vendor had) and I added toasted slivered almonds at the end. Next time I will use less liquid as it was too moist (my normal quinoa recipe calls for less than 2:1 water to grain so I should have held back). Other than that great! and it dried out overnight to a better consistency. I can see this being a go-to recipe because of all its healthy ingreds (3 of the GBOMBS!). No reason not to increase the mushroom and shallot amounts. Also I think any sliced shrooms will do fine. Read More

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HOPEANN

04/06/2013

I didn't even add the onions and it turned out to be very tasty. I didn't have rice so I chose this recipe. It beats rice by far. Read More

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benvolia9

08/31/2013

This recipe is amazing - one of my absolute favorites. That being said definitely cut the salt in half or even just don't add any at all if your stock is already salty. Other than that I like a few more mushrooms and shallots. Read More

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Sandy G

12/22/2013

I cut the quinoa to 1/2 cup because this recipe was only for one person. I used a styo-box of mushrooms and about 1-1/2 cups of home-made veg broth. I also added 2T of sesame seeds and toasted with the mushrooms. I used this as a side dish with leftovers but will also use it as a main course in the future because it has good protein as is. I Read More

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Faith W.

07/31/2013

Very easy fast and delicious. Even my little kids loved it! Read More

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Debbie Popma

06/07/2013

This dish was excellent and made more than I expected. Next time though I would cut the salt in 1/2. Read More

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Frugalux

04/06/2015

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Quinoa Pilaf With Mushrooms

Servings Per Recipe: 4
Calories: 290.3

% Daily Value *

protein: 20 %

carbohydrates: 15 %

dietary fiber: 26 %

sugars:

fat: 11 %

saturated fat: 2 %

vitamin a iu: 16 %

vitamin c: 1 %

folate: 1 %

calcium: 2 %

iron: 3 %

magnesium: 1 %

potassium: 1 %

sodium: 43 %

calories from fat:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.