Asian Style Quinoa

Here's another recipe that Chef Azuki made with quinoa.  We love the texture and nutty taste of quinoa and thought it would be interesting with some Asian flavors.  Chef Azuki had a jar of Thai "dry" chili paste and thought it would add zing to our Asian inspired quinoa dish. It was wonderful!

Asian Style Quinoa

Ingredients:
1 cup quinoa
8 oz imitation crab
3 small sweet peppers (1 orange, 1 yellow and one red)
3 stalks green onions
2 Tbsp Thai "dry" chili paste ( moderately spicy)
1/2 C water
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1/4 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp shoyu (soy sauce)
black sesame seeds

Directions:
1.  Cook the quinoa in rice cooker according to package
2.  Julienne peppers and chop green onions
3.  When rice is done, cool shortly
4.  Stir frypeppers, green onion, chili paste, sesame oil, garlic and shoyu
5.   Toss with quinoa
5.   Plate onto platter
6.  Garnish with black sesame seeds

Chef Azuki loves buying the small multicolored peppers for their beautiful presentation in her delectable dishes.  I love how her food is like art!

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