This healthy chicken quinoa vegetable salad bowl is filled with flavour! Serve as shown or mix all of the ingredients together.
All of the fillings, none of the guilt. That’s what we like best here at Sims Home Kitchen! Today’s dish is inspired by all of you health enthusiasts who are doing such a good job staying on track with your dietary plans. This dish celebrates our love of flavour with our desire to stay on the healthy side of things.
Instead of rice or wheat, we decided to add quinoa to our delicious chicken bowl. If you haven’t heard of it, quinoa is the newest sensation in healthy grains, although it’s as old as time! Here’s a quick intro to quinoa from one of our favourite organic brands:
Quinoa is a Super-food
Quinoa is considered a superfood, which is the highest honour a food item can receive! It’s known as a superfood due to its high fiber and high-quality protein contents. In fact, it has more protein than any other grain, which is why some people mistake quinoa for a legume instead!
Not to mention it has a lot of potassium and iron as well, which can help with blood regulation. Overall, it’s really healthy, and we aren’t surprised it has been gaining so much attention lately.
While it used to be something you would only find in a health-food supermarket, it is now more widely available, so making this dish should be easy-peasy for you!
How to Make A Healthy Chicken Quinoa Vegetable Salad
1. Cut up 1-2 chicken fillets and garnish it with the oil of your choice, plus a dash of lemon juice, salt, pepper, and whatever other seasonings you want (we love cumin and cayenne pepper for this dish).
2. Pan fry the chicken in a heated pan for 10-12 minutes. Make sure it is cooked all the way through.
3. In a separate saucepan, add 1 cup of quinoa with 1 ½ cups of water (or 2 cups of quinoa with 3 cups of water). Bring it to a boil, and then let it simmer for 10 minutes. If you purchased quinoa in a specific package, make sure to follow the instructions on your packaging instead.
4. In the pan where you fried the chicken, add more oil, and reheat it. Then, add a handful of kale, cook for a few minutes and remove from the pan. Add 1\2 can of black beans, ½ cup of sweetcorn, ¼ of an onion, and a chopped red bell pepper. Cook for 5 more minutes.
5. Combine ingredients, garnish with chili flakes, parsley, or whatever else suits your fancy, and enjoy!
Storing Quinoa
Cooked quinoa can be stored for a short amount of time. Put it in a container or an airtight bag, and keep it in the fridge for about a week. Any longer than that, and it starts to lose its quality. However, it can last for up to six months in the freezer!
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Healthy Chicken Quinoa Vegetable Salad
Equipment
- 1 Saucepan
- 1 Frying pan
Ingredients
- 1-2 chicken fillets
- A dash of lemon juice
- 1-2 cups of quinoa
- 1-2 handfuls of kale
- ½ can of black beans
- ½ cup of sweetcorn
- ¼ an onion
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- Chili flakes
- Parsley
- A splash of sunflower oil
Instructions
- Cut up chicken fillets and garnish it with the oil of your choice, plus a dash of lemon juice, salt, pepper, and whatever other seasonings you want (we love cumin and cayenne pepper for this dish).
- Pan fry the chicken in a heated pan for 10-12 minutes. Make sure it is cooked all the way through.
- In a separate saucepan, add 1 cup of quinoa with 1 ½ cups of water (or 2 cups of quinoa with 3 cups of water). Bring it to a boil, and then let it simmer for 10 minutes. If you purchased quinoa in a specific package, make sure to follow the instructions on your packaging instead.
- In the pan where you fried the chicken, add more oil, and reheat it. Then, add a handful of kale and cook for a few minutes. Then add ½ can of black beans, ½ cup of sweetcorn, ¼ of an onion, and 1 chopped red bell pepper. Cook for 5 more minutes.
- Combine ingredients, garnish with chili flakes, parsley, or whatever else suits your fancy, and enjoy!
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