Quinoa egg fried ‘rice’

Today I’m going to send you over to Cooking Quinoa because the lovely Wendy had me over to guest post yesterday. This lady has an entire website devoted to quinoa – and before you fall into the trap of thinking that all of her recipes must be quite similar, take a look at her quinoa baked apples, quinoa chickpea crackers, or zucchini quinoa patties, and you’ll see just how versatile quinoa can be. Obviously I’m nowhere near as experienced in cooking with quinoa as Wendy is, nor am I as imaginative, so I stuck with what I know best, and made a really simple vegetarian quinoa recipe – quinoa egg fried ‘rice’. I suppose it should really just be called ‘egg fried quinoa’, but that doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.
(I never knew I could say the word ‘quinoa’ so many times in one short paragraph. And now it has lost all meaning. Is it really a word? It was weird to begin with but now I’m sure it doesn’t exist.)

I really enjoy normal egg fried rice, but I definitely liked this quinoa version even more – quinoa has a softer, fluffier texture that made this dish feel like serious comfort food, even though quinoa is actually healthier than rice in many ways. As a vegetarian, I have to be conscious of how I’m getting my protein, so it’s great to find an ingredient that provides a good amount of protein without you even realising it!
Switch this recipe up however you like – I actually find that those big bags of mixed frozen vegetables are perfect for recipes like this. Mine contained corn, baby carrots, green beans and peas, and then I also added some fresh mushrooms, onion, and some extra corn that I had lying around. Drenched in soy sauce, the simple mixture of vegetables, quinoa and egg makes a really tasty, filling lunch.

By the way, I totally didn’t eat with those chopsticks. I’m a big phoney. I did try for about twelve seconds and then remembered that I can’t use chopsticks.
For the recipe, head on over to Cooking Quinoa and make sure you take a look at some of Wendy’s other great quinoa recipes!

I made this yesterday and it was YUM! Thanks for the recipe :)
You are welcome for the feature at Tasty Tuesday! I cannot wait to make this quinoa fried “rice”!
i love making my own fried rice, but i never thought to use quinoa. Just another thing to put on my “must cook” list!
Love this! One of the best quinoa ideas I’ve seen yet!
Umm pretty sure this looks fantastic. I love quinoa and fried rice but never would’ve thought to make them together.
I’m not crazy about quinoa so I struggle convincing myself to make it with supper. I know I “should” eat it more, but I have trouble finding decent recipes that hide the quinoa taste. This one looks like delicious though! It’s definitely a keeper! Pinned. :)
Debbie @ One Little Project
Oh really! I find it doesn’t have much flavour at all, it’s just nice and fluffy :) if you drench it in enough soy sauce you won’t taste it at all! ;)
Hadn’t thought of switching up quinoa for rice in my fried rice recipe, but that’s a great idea! Pinned! Thanks for sharing at DBB!
Great job! That looks and sounds soooo delicious. Hope you’re doing well and have a great Thanksgiving!
Happy Blogging!
Happy Valley Chow
We’ve just recently started keeping the Frozen packs of vegetable rice fusions in the freezer. Cook a few mushrooms and any other veg hanging about in the fridge and you have an instant and tasty meal. Will have to try this with quinoa. Not had any for a while.
Nutty and eggy,,,I like the sound of that! Great idea x
Thanks Deena! (your comments are getting through now!!)