Mexican Quinoa Casserole, Ready Under 30 Minutes

This vegan Mexican Quinoa casserole is a one-pot dinner, ready in less than 30 minutes! Healthy and flavourful dinner that brings all the Mexican flavours to your home.

What’s in our Mexican Quinoa Dinner?

It’s the kind of dinner that is made with all the ingredients in your pantry:

• Quinoa: you can use white or brown quinoa. We like using tricolour quinoa for a colourful dish.
• Broth: we cook it on low eat with vegetable broth. You can also use chicken broth if you’re not vegan.
• Canned tomatoes
• Finely diced onion: we cook it in olive oil before adding quinoa.
• Garlic: basic ingredient
• Black beans: they’re protein-packed. Make sure you drain them from the can to remove any excess of liquid. 
• Corn: we add it at the end to get a crunchy corn.
• Mexican spices: chili powder, paprika, onion powder and cumin.

What Toppings to Put on our Mexican Quinoa?

This is the fun part. It can really bring the dish to the next level!

• Avocado or guacamole: a Mexican favourite of mine!
• Cheese (if you’re not vegan): shredded cheddar or feta will go well.
• Fresh coriander
• Green onion
• Salsa
• Limes
• Tortilla chips 
• Spicy sauce (I like Valentina LINK)

Freezer-friendly

Quinoa freezes really well. You can easily freeze this Mexican quinoa dinner. Just transfer it into an airtight container. Make sure you don’t put the toppings on. Freeze up to 3 months.

Love Mexican food? Discover other recipes :

• Fiesta Mexicana Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
• The Best Ever Vegan Chili