Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, zesty quinoa salad & chicken tacos. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Quinoa with various veggies and a zesty (and easy) vinaigrette that makes a wonderful salad dressing for any salad. In a large bowl combine quinoa, cucumber, tomatoes, onion, avocado, feta and parsley. Make dressing: In a medium bowl, combine olive oil, vinegar, honey and garlic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have zesty quinoa salad & chicken tacos using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Zesty quinoa salad & chicken tacos:
- Take 3 chicken breasts
- Take 1 1/2 cup quinoa
- Make ready 1 can black beans ( drained & rinsed )
- Get 1 can corn ( Drained & rinsed )
- Get 2 avocados diced
- Prepare 2 limes squeezed
- Get 1 roma tomato
- Take 1 cilantro
- Get 1 corn tortillas
- Take 1 taco seasoning
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp red pepper flakes
- Take 1/4 tbsp cumin
The dressing is a little tangy with just the right amount of sweetness for a great side year round. This Chili Mango Zesty Quinoa Salad is bringing you all the flavor, nutrition, and refreshing feels. It's one of my new faves! It can also be turned into a jar salad to take on the go (see the Central American Salad In A Jar recipe for ideas on how to layer jar salads).
Steps to make Zesty quinoa salad & chicken tacos:
- Rinse and drain your quinoa. A mesh strainer works best . Once dry heat up your pot and toast the quinoa for a couple of minutes.
- Pour 2 1/2 cups of water in the pot and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15 to 18 minutes. Fluff with fork and set aside to cool.
- While quinoa is cooking heat up your grill and rub your chicken breasts with taco seasoning and oil.
- Add chicken to grill and cook throughly, about 4 minutes per side depending on grill.
- Wisk together lime juice,oil,cumin,black pepper,and red pepper flakes
- In a large bowl fold together quinoa ,black beans, corn,diced roma tomato,chopped cilantro,and cubed avocados while pouring lime juice mixture over the top of it .let sit in fridge or serve immediately.
- Cube chicken into pieces and serve on the corn tortillas.
- I dressed my tacos up with salsa and sour cream. You can also use the quinoa as a topping it will surprise you.
Add water; bring to a boil. This quinoa salad is refreshing, crisp and delicious. It's made simply with fresh cucumber, red bell pepper, red onion, chickpeas, fresh parsley and a garlicky olive oil and lemon dressing. The salad sort of reminds me of tabouleh, an herbed Lebanese salad with tomatoes and bulgur. All of them combined, make this zesty quinoa salad a Latin explosion of flavors.
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