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A colorful and wholesome Chicken-Quinoa Salad Recipe

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 as a balanced one-pot dish.

Chicken-Quinoa Salad

Chicken-Capsicum-Corn 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 as a meal or as a snack or as a part of a meal. Enjoy.

Note:

  • Add other vegetables like peppers, broccoli, edamame, etc to the recipe, or adjust the dressing as per your choice to personalize the 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.
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Chicken-Capsicum-Corn Quinoa Salad

Course Main Course, Salad
Cuisine Fusion
Keyword Salad
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting time 20 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Author Aditi Prabhu

Equipment

  • Bowl

Ingredients

  • 200 gms Chicken
  • 100 gms Capsicum
  • 60 gms Corn
  • 60 gms Quinoa
  • 6-8 Garlic
  • 1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder
  • 1/2 tsp Tamari Sauce
  • 1/2 tsp Vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp Pepper
  • 1/2 tsp Salt

Instructions

  • 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. Once the chicken is done, shred it into smaller pieces.
  • Boil the yellow corn separately.
  • Boil the quinoa separately too till it cooks and turns translucent. (* To reduce the cooking time of quinoa, soak it for 1-2 hours)
  • 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.
  • Finally, add in the cooked quinoa. Saute lightly and serve.

Notes

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.
Aditi Prabhu

Nutritionist

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