Recipe of Perfect Chicken and Quinoa Casserol

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken and quinoa casserol. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Take, for example, this Mexican Chicken Quinoa Casserole. I make it with the intent of re-photographing it for the original Southwestern Quinoa Casserole, but I also added chicken, changed how I prepared the peppers, and baked it all in a different sauce. When the quinoa and chicken are cooked and the sauce is thickened, add the broccoli and a little bit of water (up to one cup) until the consistency is creamy and You will know the quinoa is done when it is soft and looks as if it has popped open, with the germ of the kernel visible as a little spiral. Mexi-Quinoa Chicken Casserole Haiku: "More like a 'skillet' rather than a casserole still it tasted good!" So "casserole" to me implies a baking dish that I can make again and put in the oven so I prepared this just that way - made in the morning covered and then baked.

Chicken and Quinoa Casserol is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Chicken and Quinoa Casserol is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken and quinoa casserol using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken and Quinoa Casserol:

1. Get Dish
2. Make ready 2 cup water
3. Make ready 1 cup quinoa, rinsed well
4. Take 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
5. Take 1 yellow bell pepper, diced
6. Prepare 8 oz mushrooms, sliced
7. Make ready 1 onion, chopped
8. Make ready 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
9. Take 2 cup fresh baby spinach
10. Take 3 tbsp evoo
11. Prepare Sauce
12. Get 1/4 cup lemon juice
13. Get 2 clove minced garlic
14. Get 1 black pepper to taste
15. Make ready 3 tbsp evoo

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Steps to make Chicken and Quinoa Casserol:

1. Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add quinoa and return to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover and cook until the water has been absorbed, about 15 minutes
2. Meanwhile cut up chicken into cubes. Place cubes into pan with 1 T. evoo over medium heat and cook until done, about 10 minutes.
3. In another pan add 2 T. evoo and saute bell pepper, mushrooms, onion until tender, about 7 minutes add spinach and tomatoes and cook an additional 1-2 minutes.
4. Whisk lemon juice, 3 T. evoo, garlic and pepper in a bowl.
5. Add the quinoa, chicken, bell pepper, mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes into a serving dish. Pour lemon mixture over and mix well.

This ain't your mama's chicken casserole. The comfort food classic gets a modern, nutrient-dense makeover with the addition of quinoa. Beyond being warm, cheesy, and generally delightful, this flavor-packed casserole is loaded with protein and is sure to. The name is long and even though quinoa somehow manages to make every dish sound fancy, in all actuality (no offense to fanciness) in this I like to think of this as a modern day casserole. Not Your Momma's Creamy Chicken Casserole, if you know what I mean.

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