Quinoa Salad with Red Bell Pepper and Cilantro

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2013

Spreading the cooked quinoa over a rimmed baking sheet to cool produced the fluffiest grains for our quinoa salad recipe.

SERVES 4

TIME 40 minutes, plus 20 minutes cooling

Quinoa Salad with Red Bell Pepper and Cilantro

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For our quinoa salad recipe, we rinsed the grain to remove its bitter protective layer, and then toasted it to bring out its flavor before adding liquid to the pan. Spreading the cooked quinoa over a rimmed baking sheet to cool produced the...

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