Quinoa Soup with Corn

Quinoa Soup with Corn

Quinoa Soup with Corn
This simple soup has long been one of my favorite recipes for quinoa, a nutrient-packed and intense flavored grain that was the staple food in the South American Andes for thousands of years. As a grain, it has no rival for its nutritional value — not only does it have the highest and most complete protein profile of all grains, it has more calcium than milk and is a very good source of lysine, iron, phosphorus, B vitamins and vitamin E. Best of all, its slightly sweet and sour and nutty flavor makes it absolutely delicious, and this easy-to-make soup takes full advantage of all of its goodness.


Quinoa Soup with CornQuinoa Soup with Corn
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Published on April 2, 2007

Simple colorful, zesty and nourishing quinoa soup with corn and vegetables — one of my favorites

Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes

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Ingredients:
  • 3 cups water or vegetable stock
  • 1/2 cup quinoa
  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced or crushed
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 1 small carrot, diced
  • 1/2 stalk celery, diced
  • 1 cup fresh of frozen corn
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley or cilantro, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon or lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
Instructions:
  • Rinse the quinoa and transfer to a medium saucepan. Add the water or vegetable stock and let soak for 6 hours or overnight.

  • Add the spices, celery seed, garlic, onion, carrot and celery and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 10 minutes. Add the corn and cook for another 3 minutes. Add the parsley or cilantro and cook for 1 minute.

  • Remove from heat, stir in the lemon or lime juice, and season with salt.

  • Serve hot or warm.

Makes 4 servings

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lisa, I finally found quinoa today. I'm looking forward to trying out this soup .

Lisa Turner said...

That's great Alice. Let me know what you think.

Anonymous said...

Lisa, this sounds wonderful! I've never seen quinoa in a soup before--but of course, why not? It IS the most delicious grain after all!

Anonymous said...

I tried this recipe last night and it was great. Because I didn't have any limes on lemons on hand, I added dried Persian limes to the soup. It actually worked pretty well with the flavors.

Thanks again.

Anonymous said...

I just discovered this blog and the quinoa soup is the first recipe I've tried.
It was good but could've been better had I actually followed the recipe to the letter (I didn't have celery nor celery seed so I used green pepper instead). Can't wait to try more recipes.

Teresa said...

This is a very good.. very diffrent. was trying to find a soup that used quinoa. I roasted the corn before I put it in the soup.. almost like a mexican soup... next time i will try it with cilantro instead of parsley. thanks for the recipe.

Bev said...

Thanks for this recipe! I have been looking for a good Quinoa soup recipe since my first trip to Peru and this one looks very authentic. Can't wait for fresh veggies to come out and try it.