I beloved enchiladas as well as I beloved enchilada casserole.
But sometimes I don’t experience similar making enchiladas or enchilada casserole because, let’s move honest, it’s pretty fourth dimension consuming (especially if you’re making (cauli) tortillas from scratch) as well as it mightiness non move a peachy solution for a weekday nighttime dinner.
But this, this is thence easy.
It tin move a quick weeknight dinner option when y'all don’t want to pass the entire twenty-four hours slogging inwards the kitchen, it tin likewise move a hearty dish for holidays as well as get-togethers, as well as it’s perfect to brand ahead of fourth dimension as well as pack for lunch.
Truth to move told, this is 1 of those recipes that tastes fifty-fifty ameliorate the adjacent day. That’s why I beloved to double it, thence separate it into portions, as well as reheat throughout the week.
Essentially this Quinoa Enchilada Casserole has all the peachy flavors of enchiladas minus the tortillas.
There’s no wrapping, rolling, as well as stacking.
Just mix it all together, popular inwards the oven, as well as voilà, dinner is served.
No muss, no fuss.
Throw everything inwards 1 dish, popular it inwards the oven, as well as human face for awesomeness to bake earlier your eyes. Then y'all accept nutrient for days.
If you’re even thence hesitant near quinoa (may I enquire y'all why?) this mightiness move the recipe for you.
Simple, easy, quick, as well as thence delicious.
All inwards all a tasty as well as consummate vegetarian dish.
Now become brand some!
Quinoa Enchilada Casserole Print this recipe!
Adapted from AllRecipes
Ingredients
Serves 6
1 loving cup quinoa
1 teaspoon cumin
½ teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon fine grain salt
1 loving cup enchilada sauce (make your ain enchilada sauce with this recipe)
1 (4 oz) tin chopped greenish chiles (I used mild ones)
½ loving cup corn kernels (canned, frozen or roasted)
½ loving cup dark beans, drained as well as rinsed
two tablespoons chopped cilantro (or parsley)
¾ loving cup shredded Manchego cheese (or Monterey Jack or cheddar), divided
¾ loving cup shredded queso fresco (or mozzarella cheese), divided
1 avocado, seeded, peeled, as well as diced
1 medium tomato, seeded as well as diced
Directions
Cook quinoa according to packet instructions. Allow to cool as well as fluff alongside a fork.
Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C) as well as house a rack inwards the middle.
Lightly grease a 2-quart (8x8 inch) baking dish. Set aside.
In a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, toss as well as toast quinoa alongside cumin as well as chili pulverization for two minutes.
Season alongside tabular array salt as well as transfer to a large bowl. Add enchilada sauce, greenish chiles, corn, dark beans, as well as one-half of the cilantro. Mix to combine.
Stir inwards ½ loving cup of Manchego cheese as well as ½ loving cup of queso fresco.
Spread quinoa mixture into the prepared baking dish as well as meridian alongside remaining cheese.
Bake for fifteen to 20 minutes, until cheese is bubbly.
Serve right away garnished alongside avocado, tomato, as well as remaining cilantro.
Nutrition facts
One serving yields 281 calories, 21 grams of fat, 50 grams of carbs, as well as 12 grams of protein. Sumber http://www.theironyou.com/