Mexican Buddha Bowl
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recipe by Chloe Harris www.chloefoodie.com
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- Total Time
- 25mins
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- Serves
- 2
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- Calories
- 852
The perfect lunch or dinner, quick and nutritious and full of lots of pantry supplies, so the perfect thing to whip up at the end of the week before you’re weekly shop
Inspired by: https://www.chloefoodie.com/chloefoodie/buddhabowlrecipe updated 23 Apr 2021
Ingredients
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- Red onion
- 1
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- Lime
- 2
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- Mango
- 1
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- Quinoa
- 175 g
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- Chorizo
- 100 g
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- Tinned sweetcorn
- 150 g
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- Tinned black beans
- 420 g
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- Garlic clove
- 1
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- Avocado
- 1
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- Lime
- as needed
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- Salt
- 1 pinch
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- Chilli flakes
- ½ teaspoon
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- Water
- 480 ml
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- Sweet potato
- 1
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- Olive oil
- as needed
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- Salt & pepper
- as needed
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- Pickled jalapeno
- as needed
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- Baby spinach
- 1 handful
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- Hot sauce
- as needed
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- Coriander
- as needed
Tools
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Panasonic 4-in-1 Microwave Oven
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Jar
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Heatproof bowl
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Plate
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Medium bowl
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Step preview
- Add sliced onions, juice of lime, and a generous pinch of salt to a jar with a lid
- Place lid on top, shake and let sit on counter while you make the rest of the components
- In a mixing bowl add mango, lime juice , pinch of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of chilli flakes, mix to combine, set aside
- In a microwave safe bowl add quinoa and cold water
- Microwave to cook quinoa for 9 mins, but doing this in sets of 3 mins and letting rest in between for 1 min
- Let quinoa rest in Panasonic 4-in-1 for 1 min
- Microwave quinoa for 2nd round
- Let Quinoa Rest
- Final Set of quinoa cooking time
- Now Remove quinoa from microwave, and place a lid or plate on top to let it rest and keep warm until ready to use
- Pierce skin of sweet potato and place in Panasonic 4-in-1 microwave oven
- Microwave until sweet potato is cooked through
- Once sweet potato is cooked, slice into bite size pieces and add it to a microwave safe bowl with the chorizo pieces
- Microwave for a further 2 mins
- While chorizo is heating, add garlic to another microwave safe bowl or dish, with black beans, sweetcorn, pinch of salt and pepper and a drizzle of olive oil
- Remove sweet potato and microwave sweet corn and black beans
- Now its time to assemble your bowl, enjoy this hot or cold
- In a large bowl add cooked quinoa, a handful of spinach, sweet potato and chorizo, sweet corn and beans and top with mango salsa, sliced avocado, pickled onions, jalapeños, wedge of lime, coriander and a drizzle of your favourite hot sauce