One Pan Cheesy Chicken Broccoli and Quinoa

I’m usually searching for clean dinners that are scrumptious, wholesome, filling, and meals that my whole circle of relatives agree on. This one pot meal is everything listed all made in a single pot and it may be geared up in about 30 minutes (cut the broccoli and grate cheese even as fowl and quinoa cook dinner to pleasant use time). My entire own family loved it and that i’ve already made it 3 times! I cherished how clean it became to throw together and that it required minimal clean up. It reminded me loads of the cheesy Broccoli and chook Rice Casserole my mother always made but this makes use of quinoa and it’s made at the stovetop in place of inside the oven.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts , diced into 1-inch cubes
• 3/4 cup chopped yellow onion
• 1 (14.5 oz) can low sodium-chicken broth (1 3/4 cup)
• 1 cup dry quinoa
• 1/4 tsp dry thyme
• 2 1/2 cups chopped fresh broccoli florets
• 4 oz shredded sharp cheddar (1 cup)
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic , minced
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

INTRUCTIONS

1. heat olive oil in a deep skillet over medium-excessive warmth. once hot, upload onion and saute 2 minutes, then upload hen and cook dinner 2 half of mins stirring every now and then. upload garlic and saute 1 minute longer (chicken ought to be cooked on outsides but interior doesn't need to be fully cooked through at this factor as it will boil and simmer). add in broth, quinoa and thyme and season with salt and pepper to flavor. deliver to a full boil then cowl, lessen warmness to a simmer and prepare dinner 12 mins. Then fast elevate lid, sprinkle broccoli over top, recover and simmer about eight minutes longer or till quinoa and broccoli have cooked through (it can have a bit broth inside the bottom still at this point and you can cautiously drain it off if favored, simply don't pour the entirety down the drain!). Sprinkle cheese over pinnacle, cover and warmth 1 - 2 minute until cheese has melted.

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