Mediterranean Chicken Quinoa Salad

Ingredients

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  2 cup or 473g

• Chicken broth bouillon

  Dry, cubes

  2 cube or 8g

• Garlic

  Raw

  1 cloves, minced or 3g

• Quinoa

  Uncooked

  3 cup or 510g

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  700g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 large or 150g

• Green bell pepper

  Sweet, green, raw

  1 large (2-1/4 per lb, approx 3-3/4" long, or 164g

• Olives

  Ripe, canned (small-extra large)

  ½ cup or 67g

• Feta cheese

  ½ cup, crumbled or 75g

• Parsley

  Raw

  ¼ cup or 15g

• Chives

  Raw

  4 tbsp chopped or 12g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  ⅔ cup or 163g

• Balsamic vinegar

  1 tbsp or 16g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  ¼ cup or 54g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

Directions

1. Bring the water, bouillon cubes, and garlic to a boil in a saucepan. Stir in the quinoa, reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the quinoa is tender and the water has been absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes. Discard the garlic clove and scrape the quinoa into a large bowl.
2. Gently stir the chicken, onion, bell pepper, olives, feta cheese, parsley, chives, and salt into the quinoa. Drizzle with the lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil. Stir until evenly mixed. Serve warm or refrigerate and serve cold.
3. Recipe by: Coulter (source: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/169583/mediterranean-quinoa-salad/?internalSource=hub%20recipe&referringContentType=Search)

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