Thai Quinoa Salad with Peanut Sauce

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Thai Quinoa Salad with Peanut Sauce

This tasty vegan Thai Quinoa Salad with Peanut Sauce is crunchy, flavorful, and packed with protein - a great vegan pot luck idea that everyone (including meat eaters!) will love. This salad is quick, plant-based, and great for anyone at your table.

Prep Time15

Total Time15

Course: Appetizer, Salad

Cuisine: Asian, Thai

Servings: servings

Calories: 239kcal

Author: Kelly Jensen

Cost: $3

Equipment

Mixing Bowl

Ingredients

For The Salad

4 cups cooked quinoa
2 cups chopped red cabbage
2 carrots chopped or spiralized
2 green onions chopped
1 cup cilantro julienned
1/2 cup peanuts chopped

For The Peanut Sauce Dressing

2 cloves garlic minced
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons peanut butter
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
2 teaspoons soy sauce or gluten free tamari, or soy sauce substitute like aminos
1 lime juiced

Instructions

Cook quinoa according to package instructions. Set aside, and allow to cool.
In a large bowl, combine the cooked quinoa, red cabbage, carrots, and green onions.
In a medium mixing bowl, make the dressing. Add the minced garlic, rice wine vinegar, olive oil, soy sauce (or tamari), maple syrup, peanut butter, and lime juice.
Stir the dressing ingredients well to combine. Dressing should be smooth and creamy.
Pour dressing over the quinoa salad and toss well to combine. Top with fresh chopped cilantro.
Top with the peanuts, and more green onion for garnish. Enjoy!

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Notes

Substitutions and Variations

- If you don't like or can't eat peanuts, you can omit the nuts and substitute an almond or cashew butter instead of the peanut butter.

- Add some fruit! Mangoes, pineapple, or mandarin oranges can give you a nice sweet contrast to the savory, tangy dressing.

- Instead of cilantro, try other fresh herbs like Thai basil or fresh parsley.

- You can add diced cucumber, bell pepper, or edamame to this dish.

Dietary Modifications

This recipe is naturally vegan, vegetarian, plant-based, and dairy free!

To make this gluten free, make sure you are using a gluten free soy sauce or tamari in the dressing. You can also use coconut aminos which would be delicious!

Naturally refined sugar free.

To make this recipe nut free - substitute the peanuts for cashews, and substitute the peanut butter for cashew butter, sunflower seed butter, or almond butter.

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