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One Pot Chicken Quinoa Recipe
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Healthy, easy, one pot chicken quinoa recipe. Perfect as meal prep or midweek dinner.
![A bowl of quinoa fried rice with mixed vegetables like carrots, peas, and diced chicken. The dish is served in a speckled ceramic bowl placed on a wooden table, with a pink cloth napkin and silver utensils beside it.](https://thecookingfoodie.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/241084_original-jpg-500x500.jpg)
One Pot Chicken Quinoa Recipe
4.55 from 10 votes
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Prep Time 30 minutes mins
WORK TIME 10 minutes mins
Total Time 40 minutes mins
DIFFICULTY Easy
Cuisine World
Servings 4 yields
Ingredients
- 2-3 tablespoons Olive oil
- 1 Onion chopped
- 2 Carrots diced
- 70 g Peas
- 500 g Chicken breast cut into bite size pieces
- Salt to taste
- Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Cumin
- 1 teaspoon Paprika
- 1½ cups Quinoa, rinsed
- ½ cup Green lentils, rinsed
- 4 cups 1L Water
Instructions
- DIRECTIONS
- In a large pot heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and diced carrot and sauté for 4-5 minutes.
- Add chicken breast and cook until cooked through, about 6-7 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, cumin and paprika.
- Rinse the quinoa and the lentil under cold water until the water is clean. Add rinsed quinoa and lentils to the pot, add peas, fill with water. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce the heat to low and cook for 15 minutes. Leave the lip on for another 5 minutes.
- Serve.
So freaking good!!!!!