In this dish for sesame beef, round steak strips and chopped scallions are marinated in soy sauce and garlic before being rapidly stir-fried with sesame seeds. Combine with rice.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- ½ cup raisins
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small red onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 ½ teaspoons curry powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon dried cilantro
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
- 1 cup quinoa
- ½ cup diced roasted red peppers
- ¼ cup toasted almonds
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Soak raisins in 1 cup warm water in a bowl while you complete remaining steps.
- Heat olive oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic until onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in curry powder, cumin, cilantro, and ginger and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Stir in vegetable broth, garbanzo beans, and quinoa. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low heat, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender, about 20 minutes.
- Drain raisins. Lightly toss quinoa mixture with raisins, roasted red peppers, and toasted almonds. Season with salt.
Reviews
Just great! I used dried cramberries instead of raisins, and pine nuts instead of almonds. My husband loved it!!!
With a couple of minor changes due to lack of certain ingredients, (ie: yellow roasted pepper instead of red, 3/4 cup quinoa and 1/4 cup pearl barley) I loved it. I think I overcooked the quinoa a little as this was my first time cooking it. All and all I will make it again!
Followed to a tee (minus cilantro) and came out OK. I suggest almost double the curry powder, use green onion, use 1/2 part fresh ginger & 1/2 part powder, and use chicken broth for added flavor (vegan does exist). Keeping on hand for sure!
Delicious and easy! I added more roasted peppers than directed to add more vegetables. I added chopped apples on top! Yum!
It was weak – definitely needs more spices. Also, the texture is a bit gloopy. It has potential, I like the concept, but imo it’s poorly executed.
Omitted Almonds as I had none. Did not plan before to make this, otherwise I would have purchased some. Used crushed red pepper as that was what I had. Overall very good. A change from the curried quinoa from this site
This was great. I thought I had curry powder in my cupboard, turns out I had paprika not curry. No worries I didn’t use paprika. I used boil in a bag quinoa which worked great. I ate the living daylights out of this. Not gonna lie, I ate pretty much half in one sitting. Next time ( and oh yeah, there will be a next time) I will have curry powder!
Very easy to make and tasty! I would add even more of the spices next time; I think it could use more of a kick. The raisins add a nice sweetness to it.
Made this for Saturday night dinner. My husband and I both loved it! We ate it warm, not as a salad and used fresh cilantro. I had it for breakfast this morning with a fried egg on top. Also, I cooked dry chickpeas in my slow cooker. We will definitely make it again!
Loved it with the toasted almond slices, the fresh cilantro, and the chopped roasted red peppers. Yum. Will make again. Had it with curry chicken.
We really loved every aspect of this dish. It was super delicious and filling. I didn’t change a thing:)
We really loved every aspect of this dish. It was super delicious and filling. I didn’t change a thing:)
very easy and tasty. subsituted pecans for almonds, and added a bit more quinoa and garbanzo beans to adjust for excess water that others talked about it and it came out perfect. house smelled great too.
So good! I followed exactly except I used fresh cilantro and this came out perfect. Awesome flavor. A keeper for sure.
Great quinoa side, will make again! I made the following changes: subbed chopped dates for raisins and subbed cashews for almonds. Eliminated garbonzos (none on hand) and added 2 large sauteed mushrooms. I increased all the spices by again half and added 1/4 tsp salt. Yummy!
This was another hit with my family. The only change I made was to use black beans in place of garbanzos only because that’s what I had. I will definitely make this again and again. I’m finding I very much love curry and have always loved ginger. As a side note it is a good idea to rinse the quinoa well before adding it to any recipe.
I loved this recipe. I have been trying recipes in an electric pressure cooker (Instant Pot) and this was a winner. I followed the recommended water for quinoa in a pressure cooker (1 1/2 cups) but otherwise I followed the recipe ingredients. Oh…I also used ground coriander instead of the cilantro.
Really enjoyed this dish! I have brought it to two social gathering’s and it has been well received.
Excellent! Easy and quick. Would definitely make it again.
Excellent. An excellent combination of flavors.
Doubled the amount of raisins and hurry powder. separately baked a couple chicken breasts dusted with curry. Diced and added the baked chicken along with the quinoa . Mada a great one bowl meal. I have, in the past, also added diced zucchini and shrimp.