Sunday, May 4, 2014

Quinoa "tortillas" (faux corn tortillas)

My family loves Mexican food! In order to have tacos and enchiladas that fit with in our Slenderiiz eating clean lifestyle we gave up corn which means no corn tortillas. I've looked around and tried multiple different versions of tortilla recipes and found them to be way too complicated for my patience. So after a couple tries I came up with these and they're great for tacos and for enchiladas!


Ground chicken tacos!
Verde Lasagna styled enchiladas =) (quinoa tortillas laid flat instead of rolled)




Easy peasy ready for this?

Ingredients:
1 cup uncooked quinoa
2 cups water
8 eggs
pinch of salt
pinch of pepper
1 tsp garlic powder

Instructions:
Rinse the quinoa to remove the bitter starch.
Cook quinoa by adding the quinoa and water in a sauce pot. Bring to boil and cover with a lid. Remove from heat and let sit until all the water is absorbed.
Fluff with a fork and let cool (either in fridge or to room temp)
In a high powered blender (I used my Ninja) blend the cooked (and cooled) quinoa, eggs, and seasonings.
Blend until smooth.
Heat up non-stick skillet or crepe pan (I used a crepe pan for convenience).
Brown on both sides and layer parchment paper in between each tortilla as you finish.

Note: After you spoon the mixture on to the hot skillet/pan spread out with the bottom of a non-metal spoon like a ladle. 

Voila! Done =)

Makes about a dozen medium sized tortillas.


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