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Serves
4
Author Notes
This peanut-y quinoa salad pulls collectively completely different Thai flavors for a recent, healthy get rid of on get rid of-out favorites. —CakePants
Substances
- Salad
1.5 cups
uncooked quinoa
10-12 ounces
chicken breast
1
crimson bell pepper, cut into strips
1 cup
snow peas, ends trimmed
2 cups
broccoli florets
2 tablespoons
vegetable oil, divided
1/4 cup
chopped or overwhelmed peanuts
1/4 cup
chopped cilantro
2-3 tablespoons
chopped inexperienced onions
1 tablespoon
sesame seeds
- Peanut sauce
1/3 cup
creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons
sesame oil
1/4 cup
soy sauce
1 tablespoon
rice vinegar
3 tablespoons
brown sugar
1 teaspoon
grated recent ginger
1
clove garlic, minced
2-3 tablespoons
water
Directions
- Cook dinner the quinoa per the directions on the equipment. This could presumably demand 1 segment quinoa to two features water.
- Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat for 1-2 minutes. Space the chicken within the skillet and cook dinner till no crimson remains, flipping on the least once partway by the cooking time. Space apart to chill.
- In a runt saucepan, combine your total ingredients for the sauce, excluding the water. Heat over medium-low, stirring periodically, till tender and fairly thickened, about 5-7 minutes. Be cautious not to flip the heat too excessive, or the sauce will originate up to sputter! After casting off the sauce from the range, slump in up to some tablespoons of water to thin it to the consistency of a salad dressing.
- As soon as the chicken is wintry sufficient to touch, slice or shred it into chew-sized pieces. Pour half of of the peanut sauce over the chicken and slump till all surfaces are lined.
- Cook dinner the greens. You must well additionally attain this alternatively you get rid of: steaming, slump-frying, parboiling, and deal of others. I sautéed the bell pepper strips and snow peas with 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil for approximately 2-3 minutes, till proper fairly softened, and steamed the broccoli within the microwave. To achieve this, put the broccoli in a microwave-optimistic bowl, location 1/3-1/2 cup water within the bowl, and microwave, covered, for approximately 2 minutes (the time will vary, depending on the energy of your microwave).
- Pour the opposite half of of the peanut sauce over the quinoa and toss to mix. Add within the chicken and cooked greens. Garnish with peanuts, cilantro, inexperienced onions, and sesame seeds as desired.
