Quinoa Chicken Skillet – easy weeknight dinner, made with five ingredients, nutritious and packed with protein.

Quinoa Chicken Skillet

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Ingredients

– 1 lb (1/2 kg) chicken breast cut into pieces – 2 tbsp olive oil – 1 cup uncooked quinoa — (rinsed) – 1 cup chicken stock – 2 cups sliced portobello mushrooms – 1 cup chopped zucchini – 1 cup chopped squash – 1 tbsp chopped parsley – 1 tbsp lemon juice – 1 tsp oregano – 1 tsp basil – 1 tsp black pepper – 1/2 tsp salt – 1/4 tsp garlic powder

4 servings

40 mins

Step 1

Preheat a large skillet to medium heat and add olive oil and chicken. Sauté chicken for 5 minutes, stirring and making sure the outside of chicken pieces is cooked.

Step 2

Add mushrooms and cook for 5 more minutes, until water released from mushrooms almost evaporates. Add zucchini and squash and cook for 2 more minutes.

Step 3

Add uncooked, rinsed quinoa, chicken stock, black pepper, salt, garlic powder, oregano, basil and give it a stir. Cover, reduce heat to low-medium and cook for 15-20 minutes.

Step 4

Remove from heat, add lemon juice and parsley and serve.

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