removing stones & debris from quinoa

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  • ethalfrida
    ethalfrida Posts: 1
    I think the swirling technique will work well and am going to try it. I can be chewing happily along with no incident but the minute I get confident it's not going to happen I bite down on a rock. I love quinoa but the rocks are fast becoming too much. Thanks for the advice.
  • Mangopickle
    Mangopickle Posts: 1,509 Member
    I use the swirling rinse method with all beans and grains. Always use a big bowl, swirl water and grains to make a vortex several times and scoop out grains with colander as they are in motion. I do this twice rinsing off the sandy skim on the bottom of the bowl each time. I spend 4 times more time rinsing now than I ever did as a novice cook. It is a good habit because any brand could have debris at any time. I actually like the ritual and the contact with my food.
  • esloa
    esloa Posts: 1 Member
    nature's earthly choice organic red quinoa from Costco is the one I'm using and getting the crunch with too. Trying the white and other brand next time. It's so hard to wash as it sticks on everything, I want to get the ones that are prewashed.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    jenbridges wrote: »
    Another brand to look for is Ancient Harvest Quinoa, which comes in a box (I think they sell both traditional and red quinoa) - this is what I've always used, and as I mentioned - never had any problems with noticeable debris in the quinoa.

    This is the brand we eat, and we have never had anything other than quinoa in the package! :smile:

    I find pebbles in my Ancient Harvest all the time.

    OP I don't have any good suggestions except that I rinse it and then I watch for pebbles/debris while it's cooking and fish them out.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    If something might have pebbles, I dump it onto a cookie sheet and do some examining before I rinse.

    It's extremely rare that I find anything that doesn't belong, but I do it, all the same. Finding a bad bean instead of a pebble is much more common.

    Still, if it saves a tooth, it's worth the very small effort. IMO, anyway. :)
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    I buy whatever prerinsed brand is cheapest at the time (I've tried Bob's Red Mills, Arrowhead Mills, Simple Truth, Ancient Harvest and one other brand I can't remember) and have never had a stone. I don't even rinse mine before cooking.
  • mattyc772014
    mattyc772014 Posts: 3,543 Member
    I did not know this was possible with quinoa. I've been eating stones and not knowing. :)
  • emily_2016March
    emily_2016March Posts: 1 Member
    I Have tried many brands. Almost all the brands have stones and glass like pieces which look like Quinoa in size and color. I came across this post "How To Remove Grit and Sand From Your Quinoa" and I tried it. It worked. Now I'm enjoying stone free, grit free quinoa.
    Refer to this post "How To Remove Grit and Sand From Your Quinoa". Here is the post http://homemadein2014.blogspot.com/2014/02/how-to-remove-grit-and-sand-from-your.html
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