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A quick and easy one-pan meal, this Thai Peanut Quinoa Bake makes a flavorful vegetarian dinner recipe for the whole family. Topped with a zesty peanut sauce, your weekday dinners are officially complete!

Sometimes it feels like I’ve spent the majority of my adult life figuring out what balance looks like to me. I basically went from carnivore to vegan and now find myself somewhere in between. I went from buying 100% conventional produce to thinking organic is the only way. I’ve realized I can eat meat and be conscious about where my meat is sourced. I can buy organic when it’s available but not stress when I have to occasionally buy conventional. Healthy living doesn’t fall on one extreme or the other for me… it falls somewhere in the middle. 

Which brings me to this thai peanut quinoa bake recipe. I used to have very polarizing opinions about Costco but have recently realized, it’s okay to fall somewhere in the middle! This recipe came about when I came across a gigantic bag of quinoa at Costco for $16. $16! 

Dinner doesn’t get much easier than this – you need a few key ingredients, one baking dish and you’ve got a delicious meal ready in no time. 

Thai Peanut Quinoa Bake Ingredients:

The most important part (in my opinion) is this peanut sauce!

Here’s what you need for the sauce:

 

Do You Have to Precook the Quinoa?

No! One of the best things about this recipe (besides the flavor) is that you don’t have to pre-cook the quinoa. You can literally mix all of the ingredients together and bake. It doesn’t get much simpler than that… it’s the perfect recipe to assign to your partner that might not be super comfortable in the kitchen. The quinoa takes on all of the amazing flavors it’s surrounded by in the dish. 

How to Make This Thai Peanut Quinoa Bake [Step-By-Step]

STEP 1: Preheat oven and grease a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish.

STEP 2: Add uncooked quinoa to casserole dish and top with red onion, broccoli, edamame and bell pepper.

STEP 3: Combine water and coconut milk and stir in curry powder, ginger, cayenne and salt.

STEP 4: Make peanut sauce by combining all ingredients in a jar and shaking everything together (or mix in a bowl).

STEP 5: Pour water-coconut milk mixture over quinoa-vegetable mixture until well coated and then drizzle with HALF of thai peanut sauce.

STEP 6: Cover with tinfoil (or a top if your casserole dish has one) and bake for 45 minutes covered.

STEP 8: Remove tin foil and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes or until all liquid has been absorbed by quinoa.Top with remaining peanut sauce and serve.

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Thai Peanut Quinoa Bake

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A quick and easy one-pan meal, this Thai Peanut Quinoa Bake makes a flavorful vegetarian dinner recipe for the whole family. Topped with a zesty peanut sauce, your weekday dinners are officially complete!

  • Author: Davida Lederle
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 60 minutes
  • Total Time: 65 minutes
  • Yield: 4-6 servings 1x
  • Category: Dinner
  • Method: Bake
  • Cuisine: Thai
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Ingredients

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For the Peanut Sauce:

Instructions

For the Peanut Sauce:

  1. Add all ingredients together in a large bowl.

For the Casserole:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Grease a large casserole dish (9×13) with coconut oil or coconut oil spray.
  3. Add uncooked quinoa to casserole dish and top with red onion, broccoli, edamame and bell pepper.
  4. Combine water and coconut milk and stir in curry powder, ginger, cayenne and salt.
  5. Pour water-coconut milk mixture over quinoa-vegetable mixture until well coated.
  6. Top with half of peanut sauce and cover with tin foil.
  7. Bake for 45 minutes covered with tin foil.
  8. Remove tin foil and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes or until all liquid has been absorbed by quinoa.
  9. Top with remaining peanut sauce and serve.

*I used white quinoa however you may need to bake for longer with tricolor quinoa – approx 50 minute covered and 15-20 minutes uncovered.

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49 Comments

  1. This recipe is delicious! And so so so easy, which I love 🙂 Have been hunting for some truly simple throw stuff together after work meal ideas, and you have some great ones.






  2. Oh my, this recipe is to die for! I made it last week for my boyfriend’s birthday and it was a huge success. I subbed in courgettes instead of broccoli because I didn’t have any in the fridge and it worked perfectly. I was looking forward to eating the leftovers for lunch the next day, but there weren’t any (and it was just three of us). This is definitely going to become a regular in our kitchen. Thanks for All your healthy and delicious recipes, Davida!






  3. Okay, can I just say this peanut sauce is the best one I’ve ever had? It’s a fact, based on two opinions (Adam+mine), haha.
    I also love how this recipe is totally customizable for whatever you have in your pantry. I didn’t have edamame and just ended up using pigeon peas 🙂 DELICIOUS all the way. We’ll be making it again. Thanks Davida!






    1. YAY B! So happy you guys enjoyed 🙂 It’s a classic around here and a great reminder to go in and reshoot these pics 😉

  4. My husband and I are obsessed with this recipe and have it once a week. I make a big ol’ pan for leftovers too. Usually eat it on its own in a big bowl. Sometimes I make sauteed brussels sprouts and throw that in my bowl with it. I put it over diced chicken or tofu, or I just add that to the mixture depending on the day. It’s so easy to tweek. I just throw whatever veggies I have in the fridge.
    Every time we eat it we are just like “my god this is so amazing.” haha THANKS1

  5. I modified this by cooking rice with the coconut sauce on the stove-top and steaming veggies separately, and putting peanut sauce on everything. (It was too hot to bake).
    All I can say is OH.MY.GOODNESS was this ever good! My 4-year old even took a few bites and said “I want to eat this EVERY DAY!”