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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook caper-walnut quinoa with sautéed swiss chard, chickpeas and scallions using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Caper-Walnut Quinoa with Sautéed Swiss Chard, Chickpeas and Scallions:
- Get Caper-Walnut Quinoa
- Take 1 1/4 cup water
- Get 1 cup quinoa
- Make ready 1/2 cup walnut pieces
- Get 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- Make ready 2 tbsp capers
- Take 2 tsp caper liquid
- Prepare 1 Kosher salt, to taste
- Get 1 Black pepper, to taste
- Make ready Swiss Chard, Chickpeas and Scallions
- Get 2 tbsp olive oil, divided
- Make ready 4 scallions, roots removed, whites and greens separated, chopped
- Make ready 6 leaves of swiss chard, leaves and stalks separated, both cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- Take 1 1/2 cup chickpeas, cooked
Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Add quinoa and cook until the granules have opened up and have turned into translucent little beads. Easy Swiss chard recipe sautéed with lemon, quinoa, capers, and olives. Find this Pin and more on Lemon Dinner by Dee.
Steps to make Caper-Walnut Quinoa with Sautéed Swiss Chard, Chickpeas and Scallions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degress F. Heat a small-medium saucepot over low heat. Add quinoa and toast for 4-5 minutes while stirring. Add 1 1/4 cups of water to pot. Bring water to a boil, cover, and lower heat to medium-low. Simmer until quinoa has absorbed all of the liquid. Leave covered, remove from heat, and set aside.
- Scatter walnuts on a large cookie sheet or baking pan. Toast in oven for 6-8 minutes or until fragrant. Remove from oven, and reserve.
- Once the quinoa has cooled for 6-8 minutes, stir in the butter, capers, walnuts, salt and pepper.
- Place a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add half of the olive oil, then add the white part of the scallions. Cook for 1-2 minutes. Add chard greens and stems and chickpeas, and cook for another 6-8 minutes. Remove from heat. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Divide the quinoa on two plates. Top with the chard-chickpea mixture. Drizzle the remaining olive oil, caper liquid and scallion greens around the plate and on the quinoa, chard, and chickpeas. Enjoy!
The finished dish will hold for a few. The sweet and savory flavors of our Swiss Chard with Golden Raisins and Capers also works well as a main dish when tossed with your favorite pasta. Bryant Terry's Sautéed Cabbage and Roasted Potatoes. The crispy, salty chickpeas and brilliant chopped pesto. To make the bowls, top the quinoa with the sweet potatoes — which will be caramelized on the outside and super creamy on the inside — and crispy chickpeas.
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