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Mexican Chicken Quinoa Salad
Deemcgee
"A quick and easy way to make a delicious healthy meal!"
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Ingredients
45 m servings 300 calsOriginal recipe yields 4 servings
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- Bring water, quinoa, and 1/2 of the taco seasoning mix to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender and water has been absorbed, about 15 minutes.
- Mix chicken and remaining taco seasoning mix together in a bowl; let sit for chicken to season, about 10 minutes.
- Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir chicken until no longer pink in the center, 5 to 10 minutes. Place chicken and quinoa in a bowl and place in freezer until cooled, about 5 minutes.
- Combine avocado, red onion, celery, spinach, carrot, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, cucumber, and jalapeno peppers in a large bowl; add chicken-quinoa mixture and salsa and mix well.
Footnotes
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- Aluminum foil helps keep food moist, ensures it cooks evenly, keeps leftovers fresh, and makes clean-up easy.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 300 calories; 11.3 g fat; 32.5 g carbohydrates; 17.6 g protein; 35 mg cholesterol; 912 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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4/20/2015
Followed the recipe as written with the exception of adding the whole bell peppers. I made this up the night before, waiting to add the avocados then next day when I served it. I make with my ow...
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4/20/2015
Followed the recipe as written with the exception of adding the whole bell peppers. I made this up the night before, waiting to add the avocados then next day when I served it. I make with my ow...
2/4/2016
This is very tasty and easy! Changes I made: used 2 tsp. olive oil (not butter) to cook the chicken. It's much healthier. Also I served the whole mixture on a bed of raw, baby spinach rather...
2/16/2016
This was really tasty and healthy! I used leftover rotisserie chicken. I also used shredded carrot so there wasn't such a hard bite in the salad.and more salsa. I liked it as written! Thanks fo...
2/16/2017
Wonderful. Used chic broth to cook quinoa. Doubled the recipe using 2 1/2 lbs of chicken cut small. Be sure to cut red onion and carrots very small. I served all hot, stirred together and adde...
9/3/2016
A healthy and tasty meal. I made this for my office lunch and I was a satisfying meal.
8/25/2016
This is a great salad. My husband who is not a fan of quionoa even liked it.
3/12/2016
Fabulous. Right amount of heat. I ran and gave some to my neighbors who were outside. Now we have a new neighborhood recipe to make.