Citrus Chicken and Quinoa Salad
This Citrus Chicken and Quinoa Salad is so light and refreshing, it's the perfect salad for spring! Well it's not quite spring yet, but I so am longing for spring. Is anyone else?
Ingredients
- 1 cup dry Quinoa I used red you can use any color
- 2 cups water
- 1 lb boneless skinless Chicken Breasts cooked and cut into bite size pieces
- 1-2 teaspoon Lemon Pepper Seasoning
- 1 Tbs Coconut Oil
- 1 red Apple cored and sliced into small pieces
- 1 Lime
- 2 large Oranges use the juice from 1 for the dressing and peel and slice up the other for the salad
- 1 Shallot minced about 2 Tbs
- 2 Tbs EVOO
- 2 Tbs Honey
- Dash of Sea Salt and Pepper
- 1 Avocado diced
- 1 4 oz package of mixed green salad I used Pepper Greens
Instructions
- In medium saucepan add Quinoa and water.
- Heat on high until it comes to a boil.
- Cover and reduce heat to low for 15-20 minutes until Quinoa is fully cooked.
- While Quinoa is cooking, start cooking chicken.
- In large frying pan add Coconut Oil and Chicken.
- Sprinkle Lemon Pepper Seasoning over Chicken.
- Cook over med/high heat until chicken is cooked through and no longer pink.
- Let Quinoa cool a bit before mixing everything in. ( I made my quinoa the night before and put it in the fridge until I was ready to use it ).
- In large bowl add Quinoa, Chicken, Apple, 1 Orange peeled and cut into pieces, and Avocado.
To make the dressing I used a mason jar with a lid:
- Add juice from 1 Lime
- Add juice from the other Orange
- Tbs EVOO
- Tbs Honey
- Minced Shallot
- Salt/Pepper
- Shake jar vigorously, then pour over Quinoa mixture.
- Serve over mixed greens.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 280kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 16gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 78mgPotassium: 594mgFiber: 5gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 1460IUVitamin C: 26mgCalcium: 44mgIron: 2mg
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