For crispy, golden-brown pork chops on the outside, use this straightforward recipe using pantry staples. On the inside, though, they are wet, sensitive, and velvety. ready in less than 30 minutes.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cups water
- ⅔ cup quinoa
- ¼ cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs, beaten
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 24 non-stick mini-muffin cups.
- Bring water and quinoa to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender and water has been absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Stir coconut, brown sugar, whole wheat flour, cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl. Add quinoa and eggs to coconut mixture; stir until completely combined. Drop coconut mixture by the tablespoonful into prepared muffin cups.
- Bake in the preheated oven until slightly crisp and golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 41 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 16 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 32 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 1 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I had never bought quinoa but was shopping at Costco on a day when I felt I would “get fit” and bought an over-sized bag on quinoa. I hate wasting food, so decided to try some different recipes with the bag that has been sitting in my cupboard for four months now. This was not a great recipe. I tried three batches; first as per the recipe – insignificant flavour. If I am going to eat the calories of brown sugar, it had better be sweet and worth it. These were not. The second I added honey and little cocoa – much better with honey and I made them into cookie shapes. The third, I added raisins – this provided a little extra sweetness and probably my favourite batch. I would make these again as an easy snack to grab and go but would only use the honey (no brown sugar) and would add raisins. My kids would not eat these, they stated that they looked like a cookie but tasted like a muffin. I think the “cookie look” got their hopes up and a muffin is no substitute for a cookie 🙂 Overall, really easy to make and make changes to and a sweet, healthy snack to grab…for adults.
I used black quinoa for these. Dry, with a sort of sweet-quiche taste. Just completely inedible. Sorry.
Make sure to grease the pan real well, otherwise you might leave some of them in the pan, like I did! I used 2 T honey instead of the sugar. Easy to make and great to eat! Thanks for the recipe!