Instant Pot Asian Quinoa Salad Easy Recipe

This Instant Pot Asian Quinoa Salad is a yummy vegan quinoa recipe. Asian Quinoa salad is a refreshing & crunchy salad. It includes Super Easy Peanut Dressing Recipe.

Important – Scroll down to the bottom the COMPLETE RECIPE. I have provided Recipe related tips and information in between.

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Easy & Delicious Instant Pot Asian Quinoa Salad

Since we as family are huge on ASIAN FOOD, I thought of creating a refreshing Crunchy Salad for the family. And that is how this Yummy Vegan Quinoa Asian Salad happened.

You know this is what I like about Quinoa. It blends so well with any recipe and any cuisine. Quinoa just absorbs all the flavors of a recipe without lending its own. To me, it is bland like rice and much nuttier in taste. 

Probably you have noticed a pattern in my recipes recently. If not then here it is –

• Lately my recipes are focused on Easy & Healthy Recipes.
• These recipes are simple to follow but filled with TONNES OF FLAVOR.
• If it is still not obvious, then yes QUINOA is the star of my recipes. It is so easy to play with and cooks faster than any other grain.

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Vegan Instant Pot Quinoa Recipes from Simplyvegetarian777

Since I have already mentioned above that I am a huge QUINOA FAN, I have quite a few popular quinoa recipes on the blog. Check it out and do make it for your SUMMER PARTIES or GET TOGETHERS. I bet these will become your regular meals on the Electric Pressure Cooking Menu.

• Quinoa Burrito Bowl
• Gyro or Mediterranean Quinoa Bowl
• Quinoa Porridge

The best part is that these all are VEGAN QUINOA RECIPES.

VEGAN INSTANT POT ASIAN QUINOA SALAD INGREDIENTS

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The Basic Ingredients used in Asian Salad are pretty simple. Rest are add-ons and can be easily modified to your choice. Do check out the Recipe for my SIMPLE ASIAN DRESSING.

• Quinoa
• Mukamame Beans – These are the soy beans commonly known as Edamame Beans. These are easily available in the frozen vegetable section. 
• Asian Salad from the fresh produce section. Or you can chop your own Cabbage, Purple Cabbage, Carrots, Broccoli slaw for that extra crunch and bulk in the salad. Check out my CHOPPED ASIAN SALAD for the reference.
• Salt & Pepper

Substitute for Mukamame Beans – If you can not spot a bag of frozen mukamame beans or edamame beans in your local grocery store. Then you can easily use Extra Firm Tofu grilled or baked or fried to substitute the Beans.

Asian Peanut Dressing Ingredients

If you are like me then you probably can drink all of your peanut dressing. Call me crazy, but that’s me. The flavors are so bold and bursting and balanced that it is just amazing.

Here are the ingredients for the Vegan Asian Dressing –

• Ginger
• Lime Juice
• Honey
• Soy Sauce – You may used light or dark soy sauce. I like using Dark for more depth in the flavor. If you are gluten-free, use TAMARI SAUCE.
• Peanut Butter
• Sriracha – You may use any Asian Hot Sauce or sub with some chili flakes.

Kitchen Gadgets Needed to make ASIAN INSTANT POT QUINOA SALAD 

You will need these Kitchen Equipment to make Asian Quinoa Salad in Electric Pressure Cooker –

• Instant Pot 3 Quart or larger. You can easily make it in MEALTHY MULTIPOT as well.  I have personally tested Mealthy Multipot. It is as excellent as Instant Pot and has all the functions. It comes much cheaper as well for 6 quart and all the accessories bundled up in it. If you would like, you must check out Mealthy Crisp Lid as well which they are launching later in June. It works as an air-fryer and broiler over your 6 quart lid of IP as well. 
• Chopping Board and Knife
• High Speed Blender like Magic Bullet. Have been using for last 10 years….still love it.
• Hand Held Juicer
• Kitchen strainer

How to make VEGAN LETTUCE WRAPS from ASIAN QUINOA SALAD?

You guys – you will thank me million times for fixing this OIL FREE + GLUTEN FREE + VEGAN & HEALHTY RECIPE. 

It is perfect for your –

• Summer Potlucks
• Barbeque Get togethers
• Asian Themed Meals
• Make Ahead Meal ideas
• Lunch Boxes
• Busy Weeknight Meals

These Vegan Lettuce Wraps are so easy to put together. This is how –

• Take a large Ice-burg Lettuce or lettuce of your choice. Wash it thoroughly and dry it in SALAD SPINNER.
• Separate the leaves. Put the Asian Quinoa Salad together.
• Then take a Lettuce Leaf and place a tablespoon full of quinoa salad in the middle. Roll it up and crunch. 

I am telling you that if you take this to your next get together, YOU WILL BE THE STAR of the show.

How to cut out the After Taste of Quinoa?

Honestly I get this question asked every-time I post a Quinoa Recipe. I never find any after taste. But that is me. I am not that sensitive to so many after tastes or rather enjoy those. For those of you who do get that after taste, then here are 2 things that you can do to get rid of-

• Wash your Quinoa thoroughly under COLD RUNNING WATER. Place it in a sieve or strainer and wash.
• Use a good brand of Quinoa. I use Simply Organic from Aldi and am pretty happy.

How to Cook Perfect Quinoa in an Electric Pressure Cooker?

I use 1:1 ratio of water & quinoa when I cook it in my Instant Pot or MEALTHY MULTIPOT. It never has disappointed me for that EVERY GRAIN SEPARATED TEXTURE. Cook it for 2 minutes in your electric pressure cooker and let NPR (natural pressure release).

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How to make Instant Pot Asian Quinoa Salad?

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Sonal