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Serves: 4
Time to make: 25 mins

Lemon chicken with quinoa salad

  • Ingredients

  • Nutrition Info.(per serve)

  • 1 cup quinoa
  • 4 x 150g chicken breast fillets, halved horizontally
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 3/4 cup lemon juice
  • 2 1/2 cups coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 250g cherry tomatoes, quartered
  • 2 Lebanese cucumbers, chopped
  • 2 1/2 cups (300g) green beans or asparagus, steamed

Nutrition Info

  • Kilojoules 1670kJ

  • calories N/S

  • Protein 44g

  • Total fat 9g

  • Saturated fat 2g

  • Carbohydrates 35g

  • Sugars 5g

  • Dietary fibre 7g

  • Sodium 120mg

  • Calcium 230mg

  • Iron 9mg

Instructions

1 Combine 2 cups water and quinoa in a saucepan and place over a medium-high heat. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Set aside to cool.

2 Meanwhile, combine chicken, garlic, half the lemon juice and 1/2 cup parsley. Spray a chargrill pan with oil and cook chicken over a high heat for 5-7 minutes or until cooked through.

3 Add tomatoes, cucumbers, the remaining lemon juice and parsley to quinoa. Toss to combine. Serve with chicken and green vegetables.


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Author:Liz Macri
Photographer: Mark O'Meara
First published: Mar 2012
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