How To Make Sesame Chicken with Quinoa
Turn a simple sauteed sesame chicken into a light yet filling meal with the addition of quinoa, green onions, and olive oil.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2chicken breasts,boneless, skinless, cut into 1-inch pieces
- salt and pepper
- 1tbspolive oil
- 3tbspsoy sauce,reduced-sodium
- 2tbsprice wine vinegar
- 2tbsphoney
- 1garlic clove,minced
- ½tspginger,ground
- 1tspcornstarch
- ½cupgreen onions,thinly sliced
- 2tspsesame oil
- 1tspsesame seeds,toasted
For Quinoa:
- 1cupdry quinoa
- 2cupschicken broth
Instructions
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Season chicken breasts generously on both sides with salt and pepper.
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Heat oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken and saute for about 4 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally until the chicken is cooked through.
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While chicken is cooking, whisk together the soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, honey, garlic, ginger, and cornstarch until combined.
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When the chicken is cooked through, add the green onions and soy sauce mixture to the pan and stir immediately to coat the chicken.
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The sauce will thicken quickly. Stir in sesame oil then remove from heat and serve over cooked quinoa, sprinkled with sesame seeds.
Quinoa:
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Bring water to boil. Heat the water over high heat in a saucepan until it is boiling.
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Simmer the quinoa. Add the quinoa, salt, and stir to combine. Reduce heat to medium to maintain a vigorous simmer.
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Cook the quinoa for 12 to 15 minutes or until it is chewy and tender to the taste and looks translucent.
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Drain the quinoa completely through a fine-mesh strainer.
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Steam the quinoa. Transfer the quinoa back to the saucepan.
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Remove the pan from the heat, cover it with a clean dishtowel, and rest for 5 to 10 minutes so that the quinoa can steam.
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Fluff the quinoa with a fork. Taste and season with extra salt if needed.
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Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 453.00kcal
- Fat: 18.19g
- Saturated Fat: 3.86g
- Trans Fat: 0.09g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 8.22g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.87g
- Carbohydrates: 43.32g
- Fiber: 3.76g
- Sugar: 10.88g
- Protein: 28.68g
- Cholesterol: 59.28mg
- Sodium: 890.81mg
- Calcium: 59.93mg
- Potassium: 668.55mg
- Iron: 3.48mg
- Vitamin A: 29.00µg
- Vitamin C: 2.89mg
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