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Quinoa and Black Beans

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Servings: 10 servings
Course: main dish
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 teaspoons vegetable oil
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic chopped
  • 3/4 cups quinoa
  • 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoons cayenne pepper
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 cups frozen corn kernels
  • 2 15 ounce cans black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1/2 cups chopped fresh cilantro

Method
 

  1. Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
  2. Mix quinoa into onion mixture and cover with vegetable broth; season with cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until quinoa is tender and broth is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
  3. Stir frozen corn into the saucepan, and continue to simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes; mix in the black beans and cilantro.