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Home » Buffalo White Bean Quinoa Bites(Gluten Free with a Vegan Option)

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Buffalo White Bean Quinoa Bites(Gluten Free with a Vegan Option)

Created On: May 28, 2013  |  Updated: November 23, 2017  |   16 Comments

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I hope you like spicy food!  I don’t know why, but I go through phases where I just need something spicy.  Of course with little kids and a hubby that doesn’t really do spicy food I don’t make anything too spicy on a regular basis, but sometimes I just need a little something spicy.  I even put a little sriracha into some homemade veggie (baked!) spring rolls the other day and while I thought it wasn’t enough to really notice, my 5 year old sure let me know it wasn’t OK.  Oops.  On a side note, my 5 year old that will eat anything complained while my sometimes picky 3 year old scarfed them down.  I’m not sure what that means.

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Moving on!  These are so much fun.  Come on, who doesn’t love a bite sized appetizer?  Or you know, a whole bunch of bite sized things for a meal or snack.  And the fact that they’re buffalo flavored just makes me swoon.  But I always see buffalo paired with chicken so I thought I’d do a vegetarian twist on that and use white beans instead.  Yummy!

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I dipped these lovelies in some Greek yogurt ranch dressing(which I will share the recipe for soon now that I have fresh herbs!) but I think something with blue cheese would be great too, obviously.  On the other hand, I did make some of these vegan so a different dipping sauce may be in order if that’s the route you’re going to go.

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Wanna know the best thing about baking quinoa?  Crispy edges!  Even the white beans in these get a little crispy if they’re near the edges.  Yum!

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So… even though I feel like I should, I’m not even going to attempt to say anything about the little break I went on.  Again.  After I said I was back.  Sorry!  Instead I’m just going to get back to regular posting and pretend like it never happened.

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Buffalo White Bean Quinoa Bites

Author Heidi @ Food Doodles
Servings 24 bites
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Total Time 30 mins

Ingredients
  

  • 1 C cooked quinoa approx. 1/2C quinoa cooked in 1C water
  • 1 C small white beans drained and rinsed
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 2 green onions finely chopped
  • 1 stalk celery finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp flour I used oat flour, use whatever flour you regularly use, whole wheat, GF, etc
  • 1/3 C Buffalo sauce I used Franks
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/4 - 1/2 C mozzarella cheese or alternative if desired

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a mini muffin tin generously and set aside.
  • Stir together the cooked quinoa, white beans, garlic, green onions, celery, flour and buffalo sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Add a spoonful of the buffalo quinoa to each mini muffin cup and press down firmly.
  • Place in the oven and bake 20-25 minutes, adding the cheese if desired in the last 5 minutes and then baking just until bubbly. Remove and cool 3-4 minutes before removing.
  • For easy removal from the baking tray place a cooling rack on top of the mini muffin tin and simply flip them oven together, the bites should fall out. Simply flip them over and serve.

Notes

These bites may be slightly crumbly. Be sure to press them down well before baking them and if you're not making these vegan consider stirring an egg into the quinoa mixture before baking to help them hold together better.
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  1. Natalie says

    I made these tonight and they were delicious! I did mash half of the beans and I liked the consistency. Btw, buffalo sauce is not vegan. I made my own with vegan butter (softened), a hearty pour of hot sauce, a dash of white vinegar, paprika and garlic powder. I put vegan mozzarella cheese too! Yum 🙂 thanks for this fun and easy recipe!

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    • Heidi @ Food Doodles says

      Awesome! Glad you enjoyed them! So sorry if buffalo sauce isn’t vegan, I heard that it was that’s why the label has weird wording for “butter flavor” instead of just saying butter, but I could be wrong. So glad you made the recipe work for you!

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  2. Jackie says

    Amazing looking do you have nutritional info by chance

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  3. Corrin Radd says

    I made these today and tried using flaxseed slurry to get them to hold together a little better. the flax didn’t help, but they were super delicious anyway.

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  4. Mark Fradl says

    Thanks for sharining this – going to try it with banana or flax seed powder as a binding agent instead of egg

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  5. Jean Squires says

    I live in Windsor, Ontario Canada and went to the grocery store to find a can of white beans and couldn’t find them are they just in the U.S.A. Is there a brand name maybe I can ask for if I go in a specialty store?

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    • Heidi @ Food Doodles says

      Hi Jean, I usually cook my beans from dry and I get the bag from Extra Foods(which is Superstore) It’s in a blue menu bag. I have a can of No Name White Kidney beans in my cupboard at the moment that would work as well. White beans come in three popular kinds , you might be able to find these names – Cannellini beans, Great Northern Beans or Navy Beans. Some are larger, some are smaller but any of those would work. I hope that helps!

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      • jean says

        Thanks that’s all I needed to know 🙂

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  6. jean says

    Can you tell me what kind of canned white beans, I couldn’t find them in the grocery store here in Canada, are they just plain white beans or white kidney beans???? what is the brand name of the can?

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  7. oasisrahl says

    Tried it out and it was delicious however I think next time I might try smashing the beans! 🙂

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    • Heidi @ Food Doodles says

      Mmm, good idea! Thanks for the feedback!

      Reply
  8. Ari @ Ari's Menu says

    Heidi, these look delicious! What a perfect appetizer!

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  9. Heather says

    These look incredible- spice, beans & quinoa, totally my thing!

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  10. Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking says

    What a great idea for summer parties! I’d love to take these to my next neighborhood happy hour! Thanks for the inspiration, Heidi. Have a great weekend!

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  11. Kiersten @ Oh My Veggies says

    Ohhh, I am a little bit in love with this recipe! (Okay, a lot in love.) My husband buys faux chicken buffalo bites all the time and I’d love to get him on a whole foods version of them instead.

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  12. Eat Good 4 Life says

    Wow these look superb. I am so pinning this to make ASAP. I know I am going to love these. I think I might actually make double the batch and freeze some for the future. What a great recipe 🙂

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