Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, quinoa enchilada casserole - slow cooker. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Quinoa Enchilada Casserole - Slow Cooker is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Quinoa Enchilada Casserole - Slow Cooker is something that I have loved my entire life.
Because I'll be on the quinoa enchilada casserole diet immediately upon returning home. It's a spin off of this popular recipe. But since we're heading into the Fall, let's dust off those slow cookers and put them to work.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have quinoa enchilada casserole - slow cooker using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Quinoa Enchilada Casserole - Slow Cooker:
- Take olive oil
- Get ground turkey (or ground beef or ground chicken)
- Prepare small yellow onion, diced
- Make ready bell peppers, diced
- Get garlic, minced
- Make ready uncooked quinoa, rinsed
- Get red enchilada sauce
- Take black beans, drained and rinsed
- Prepare fire roasted diced tomatoes, undrained
- Get water or unsalted chicken broth
- Get chili powder
- Take ground cumin
- Prepare garlic powder
- Prepare brown sugar
- Get each salt, pepper, smoked paprika
- Make ready shredded cheese of choice, divided
Stir in vegetable broth, dry quinoa, canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, chili powder and cumin. This Slow Cooker Quinoa Enchilada Casserole is incredible easy to prepare and it tastes amazingly delicious! If you've ever made these Quinoa Tacos I shared last year then this slow cooker meal will taste very similar to you. You get all the Tex Mex flavors paired with nutritious quinoa and protein.
Instructions to make Quinoa Enchilada Casserole - Slow Cooker:
- Grease a 6 quart size slow cooker liberally. Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large skillet. Add the ground turkey and cook and crumble it until it is no longer pink.
- Pour the cooked turkey into the slow cooker, then top it with the rest of the ingredients (EXCEPT for the cheese). Give it all a good stir.
- Cook on low for 5-6 hours OR on high for 2 1/2-3 hours. When it's ready, the liquid should be absorbed and the quinoa should be tender. Taste it and add any additional seasonings you think it needs.
- Stir in 1/2 cup of the cheese, then sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup over the top. Place the lid back on for an additional 10-15 minutes, until the cheese has melted. If your slow cooker has a warm setting, you can switch to it while the cheese melts. Then serve with whatever toppings sound good.
This recipe for slow cooker chicken enchilada casserole is a one-pot meal (yay!). To make this recipe, I cook the chicken with a big can of red enchilada sauce, all day in my slow cooker. Then when I get home, I shred the chicken, stir in corn tortillas strips, add some cheese and olives, stir, add. Slow Cooker Enchilada Quinoa is like a healthier, deconstructed enchilada! Loaded with quinoa, veggies, and chicken, this throw and go recipe is GREAT for an easy, healthy, weeknight dinner!
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