Mango, Jalapeno & Basil Quinoa Salad

Name: Mango, Jalapeno and Basil Quinoa Salad
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: quinoa; jalapeño pepper; red onion; mangos; olive oil, extra-virgin; salt; lime juice; basil; cilantro

Submitted by happyzhangbo

This sweet, sour and spicy quinoa salad is loaded with flavor. Fresh mangos, spicy jalapeno, and basil give this quinoa salad amazingly delicious taste, and it is quick and easy to prepare as well.

YIELD

6 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

15 min

READY

28 min

Ingredients

1 ½

CUPS QUINOA
dry

JALAPEÑO PEPPER
seeded and minced *

CUP RED ONION
or as needed, finely chopped

MANGOS
hard but firm, peeled and diced *

2 ½

TABLESPOONS OLIVE OIL, EXTRA-VIRGIN

SALT
to taste *

TABLESPOON LIME JUICE
plus 1 teaspoon, fresh

BUNCH BASIL
leaves, freshly shredded *

CUP CILANTRO
freshly and roughly torn

Directions

Rinse quinoa well in a strainer, and drain well. Add in a medium-size pot and pour in 3 cups of water.

Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is cooked, tender and translucent, and most of the water has been absorbed, about 15 minutes. Drain.

In a large serving bowl, stir together jalapeno, onion, mango, oil, salt and lime juice until well mixed. Stir in quinoa until evenly distributed. Season with salt.

Serve warm, at room temperature or chilled. Right before serving, gently stir in basil and cilantro.