Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Chicken and Quinoa Casserol

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chicken and quinoa casserol. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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

The ingredients needed to make Chicken and Quinoa Casserol:

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

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Instructions 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.

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