Medium

Air Fryer Pesto Chicken Quinoa Bowl

Total Time
1h 7m
26m prep · 41m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🌾 Gluten-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

This air fryer pesto chicken quinoa bowl is a hearty dinner, with air fried, seasoned chicken and zucchini spears atop fluffy, whole-grain quinoa, fresh tomatoes, and crumbled feta.

Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons pesto
  • 0.25 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1 pound boneless chicken breasts
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 0.13 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
  • 0.13 teaspoons salt
  • 0.13 teaspoons ground black pepper
  • 1 zucchini
  • nonstick cooking spray
  • 2 cups cooked quinoa , see Note
  • 10 basils leaves
  • 1 cup grape tomatoes
  • 0.25 cups feta cheese

Instructions

  1. 1

    Mix together pesto and garlic powder in a bowl. Add chicken to bowl and stir until evenly coated.

  2. 2

    In a separate bowl mix together olive oil, pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper. Add zucchini to the bowl and stir until evenly coated.

  3. 3

    Preheat an air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

  4. 4

    Lightly spray air fryer with nonstick spray. Place chicken on one side, and place seasoned zucchini on the other side.

  5. 5

    Fry in the preheated air fryer until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of chicken reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), about 10 minutes.

  6. 6

    Mix cooked quinoa and chopped basil leaves together.

  7. 7

    In a bowl place 1 cup quinoa, ½ cup chopped tomatoes, half the chicken breasts, and half the zucchini spears. Top each bowl with half the feta cheese and serve.

Nutrition Facts

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