Hearty Quinoa & Corn Chowder

Name: Hearty Quinoa & Corn Chowder
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp butter; 425 grams can pinto beans, rinsed and drained; 946 milliliters medium ears sweet corn, kernels removed (about or 2 packages (10 ounces) frozen corn, thawed; 79 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps minced fresh parsley; 1 teaspoons minced fresh thyme; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 473 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1 teaspoons pepper; 237 milliliters quinoa, rinsed; 3 mediums sweet red peppers; 1 teaspoon salt; 946 milliliters vegetable stock

Hearty Quinoa & Corn Chowder is a vegetarian soup. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 14 servings with 265 calories, 6g of protein, and 16g of fat each. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 40 minutes. If you have butter, flour, thyme, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Broil peppers 4 in. from the heat until skins blister, about 5 minutes. With tongs, rotate peppers a quarter turn. Broil and rotate until all sides are blistered and blackened. Immediately place peppers in a large bowl; cover and let stand for 20 minutes.

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Peel off and discard charred skin.

Remove stems and seeds. Finely chop peppers.

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Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, cook and stir quinoa over medium-high heat for 3-5 minutes or until lightly toasted; remove from the pan.

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In the same pan, heat butter and oil over medium-high heat.

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Add onion; cook and stir until tender.

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Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in flour until blended. Gradually whisk in stock and cream.

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Add the corn, beans, roasted peppers and quinoa; bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes or until quinoa is tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in the remaining ingredients.

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