A quick and easy way to make a delicious healthy meal!
Prep
30 min
Cook
66 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard
Ingredients
1 cup water
0.5 cups quinoa
1 package taco seasoning mix
, divided
2 chickens breasts
, cut into small cubes
1 teaspoon butter
1 avocado
, peeled and chopped
0.5 reds onion
, chopped
2 stalks celery
, chopped
1 cup chopped spinach
1 carrot
, chopped
0.5 reds bell pepper
, chopped
0.5 yellows bell pepper
, chopped
⅓ cucumber
, chopped
2 jalapenos peppers
, seeded and chopped
0.5 cups salsa
Instructions
1
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.
2
Mix chicken and remaining taco seasoning mix together in a bowl; let sit for chicken to season, about 10 minutes.
3
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.
4
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.
Nutrition per serving
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