This Chicken Broccoli Quinoa Casserole is gluten free, and easy to make. I made a super easy 5 minute sauce for this using Chicken Broth, Coconut Milk, Almond Flour, and spices!
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I love a good cheesy, creamy casserole (or Hotdish, as the Minnesotan in me likes to say). 🙂 I’ve been experimenting a little more using Quinoa in casseroles. Quinoa is like the super star of gluten free grains, but wait, it’s technically not a grain. It’s actually a seed!
Sometimes Quinoa gets labeled as a grain, but it’s actually a grain crop that’s grown for its edible seeds. I just learned this today too! (If you already knew this, then you are two steps ahead of me!) Here I’ve been eating Quinoa for the last year and a half and always thought is was a grain. Ahhh good old Wikipedia comes to the rescue again!
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Ok guys, so this Chicken Broccoli Quinoa Casserole is super easy to make too. I just layered the dry Quinoa and Broccoli on the bottom of a casserole dish while I was cooking the chicken. Then added the cooked chicken on top.
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Now let’s talk about the sauce… The thing that holds together casseroles so well and gives it that good flavor is the sauce and spices. In the past I was always taught that a good casserole or Hotdish as I like to call it, requires some sort of can of cream of something or other. (Usually not the most healthy option)
So I decided to experiment and make my own creamy sauce that is a much healthier version! This sauce is super easy to make too, I whipped it up in like 5 minutes!
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I made a super easy 5 minute creamy sauce for this using Chicken Broth, Coconut Milk, Almond Flour, and spices!
- In saucepan add chicken broth and flour, whisk until smooth over high heat, about 1 min
- Whisk in milk and spices for about 3-4 min until thickened slightly
Then I just poured this yummy sauce over the top of everything and topped with cheese.
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Popped it in the oven for about 40 minutes and Bam (yes I love using Emeril’s catch phrase)- dinner is served!
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Things I love about this casserole (Hotdish):
A) It’s super easy to make
B) While it’s baking in the oven I can get tons of stuff done around the house
C) It brings my family together at the dinner table on a busy night
D) It’s über creamy, cheesy, and every mouthful is bursting with goodness.
If you try this and like this, please leave a comment below! I love to hear feedback!
More Casserole Recipes
- Mexican Chicken and Rice Casserole
- Chicken Quinoa Mexican Casserole
- Cheesy Chicken Broccoli and Rice Casserole
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Chicken Broccoli Quinoa Casserole
This Chicken Broccoli Quinoa Casserole is gluten free, and easy to make. I made a super easy 5 minute sauce for this using Chicken Broth, Coconut Milk, Almond Flour, and spices!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Total Time: 50 mins
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Cuisine: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 2 boneless Chicken Breast chopped into 1 inch pieces
- 1 10oz bag frozen Broccoli
- 1 cup uncooked Quinoa
- 1 Tbs Coconut Oil
- 1 cup Chicken Broth
- 1/2 cup Almond Flour, you can substitute with regular flour
- 2 cups Unsweetened Coconut Milk, you can substitute with regular milk
- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/2 tsp Onion Powder
- 1/2 tsp Chipotle Chili Powder
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup shredded Mexican Cheese
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
- Non-Stick cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- In large frying pan add coconut oil and chicken, cook over med-high heat until no longer pink
- Spray non-stick cooking spray on bottom of 2 qt casserole dish
- Layer Quinoa on bottom of dish
- Top with Broccoli
- Add cooked chicken over broccoli
- In saucepan add chicken broth and flour, whisk until smooth over high heat, about 1 min
- Whisk in milk and spices for about 3-4 min until thickened slightly
- Pour sauce over chicken mixture and stir to combine
- Top with cheese
- Cover with foil and bake 30 min
- Uncover and bake another 5-10 min
- Enjoy!
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