Chicken-Quinoa Salad is a simple salad made with just those 4 ingredients. It is healthy, wholesome, and delicious and can be used as a salad and balanced one-pot dish.

Chicken Quinoa Salad

Ingredients

• Chicken-200gms
• Capsicum-2 medium size (100gms)
• Corn-60gms
• Quinoa-approx 1/4 cup ( 60 gms)
• Garlic-6-8 cloves
• Red Chilli powder-1/2 tsp
• Tamari Sauce-1/2 Tsp
• Vinegar-1/2 Tsp
• Pepper-1/2 Tsp
• Salt-1/2 Tsp

Procedure

• Clean, wash and marinate boneless chicken ( breast piece) with salt and pepper for about 15-30mins.
• Cook the marinated chicken either in a pressure cooker( 2 whistles) / microwave (7-8mins)/ saute it on a griller pan. (Each cooking technique changes the way the final dish tastes). Once the chicken is done, shred it into smaller pieces.
• Boil the yellow corn and quinoa separately. (*To reduce the cooking time of quinoa, soak it for 1-2 hrs)
• Finely chop the capsicum and set it aside.
• Heat coconut oil, add in finely chopped garlic and saute it till it turns slightly brown.
• Add in capsicum and saute. Then add in the shredded chicken and cooked corn. Saute it.
• Add in the red chili powder, vinegar, tamari sauce, and salt and then add in the cooked quinoa and saute lightly.
• Serve the chicken quinoa salad. Enjoy.

Note:

• Add other vegetables like peppers, broccoli, edamame, etc, to the recipe, or adjust the dressing as per your choice to personalise the high-protein, gut-friendly chicken quinoa salad.
• Also, this recipe can serve up to 4 people if served as a salad and can serve up to 2 people when consumed as a one-meal dish.