Foolproof Instant Pot Quinoa

If you’re looking for some of the quickest quinoa you’ve ever cooked, make this foolproof Instant Pot Quinoa! It results in perfect and fluffy quinoa every time and only takes minutes to cook.

Effortlessly prepare delicious quinoa as a base for other dishes or as a healthy side for your dinner. The Instant Pot does all of the work, making this a life-saver for weeknight dinners!

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• 💚 Why You'll Love This Recipe
• 🧂 Ingredients Needed
• 🔪 Instructions
• ❔ FAQs
• 💭 Expert Tips and Tricks
• 💡 Substitutions and Variations
• 🥫 Storage and Reheating
• 🍴 What To Serve With This Dish
• ✔️ More Instant Pot Recipes You'll Love
• Pressure Cooker Quinoa
• 📋 Recipe Card
• 💬 Reviews and Comments

💚 Why You'll Love This Recipe

The next time you want a fast and super easy side dish, make this simple 3-ingredient pressure cooker quinoa! It's so easy to combine everything in the Instant Pot, turn it on, and have foolproof results every time.

This recipe is great to customize to your own tastes. Feel free to add your own favorite spices and seasonings to switch things up, or keep it super simple and serve something yummy and flavorful on top of your quinoa!

Pair it with something like Crockpot Hawaiian Chicken for a delicious and healthy meal that's so filling and bursting with flavor! And if you want another idea for how to cook quinoa, make this Cinnamon Quinoa Breakfast Bake.

🧂 Ingredients Needed

• quinoa - this delicious seed (sometimes classified as a grain) is packed with nutrition and great as a base for a main course or a simple but satisfying side.
• broth - using chicken broth or vegetable broth ensures that the quinoa has lots of flavor and doesn't dry out.
• salt - for just a little bit of extra flavor.

🔪 Instructions

1. Pour your quinoa into the instant pot.
2. Add your broth of choice.
3. Add the salt and stir to combine.
4. Set pressure cooker to manual/high pressure and set cook time to one minute. Once cooked, allow to pressure release for 15 minutes.

❔ FAQs

💭 Expert Tips and Tricks

• Quinoa comes in varieties, but this recipe will work with any quinoa of your choosing.
• Though it only takes 1 minute to cook the quinoa, the pressure cooker's process to pressurize and release will take about 25 minutes altogether.
• This recipe will produce about 4 cups of cooked quinoa.

📌 Learning how to cook quinoa in the instant pot will be a game changer for weeknight meals! Make this super easy and healthy side to serve alongside all your favorite main courses.

💡 Substitutions and Variations

• This pressure cooker quinoa is great as a base for other recipes. It has a very mild but pleasing flavor and pairs well with just about anything.
• You can also add other spices and ingredients like proteins to your quinoa and turn it into a main course all on its own!
• Vegetable broth and chicken broth are great options for the cooking liquid, but any kind of broth will work.
• You can also use just water, but be aware that your instant pot quinoa will have very little flavor without some kind of broth.

🥫 Storage and Reheating

Once cool, transfer your quinoa to an airtight container. You can store it in the fridge for up to a week, or in your freezer for 8-10 months!

To reheat, simple microwave until heated through. From frozen, let the quinoa sit in the fridge overnight to thaw, then microwave.

🍴 What To Serve With This Dish

For some delicious main courses to pair with your instant pot quinoa, make this delicious Instant Pot Chicken Curry or Easy Chicken Fricassee and serve right over top! Other yummy combinations could be this Vegan Baked Hummus Casserole or a hearty Roasted Red Pepper Soup.

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