Quinoa Stir-Fried Chicken with Vegetables
Stir things up for dinner with our delicious Stir-Fried Chicken and Quinoa made with Success® Tri-Color Quinoa and all of your favorite fried rice ingredients.
Ingredients
- 2 bags Success® Tri-Color Quinoa
- 3 tbsp canola oil, divided
- 3/4 cup chopped onion
- 2 large eggs
- 3 1/4 tbsp soy sauce, divided
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 cups shredded, cooked chicken
- 1/2 cup finely chopped carrot
- 1/2 cup frozen peas, thawed
- 1 cup bean sprouts
- 3 green onions, thinly sliced
Instructions
A favorite Asian dish, fried rice is quick to prepare and makes a complete meal. Made with quinoa instead of rice, our Stir-Fried Chicken and Quinoa dish packs a protein-rich energy punch!
Step 1
Prepare quinoa according to package directions.
Step 2
Heat two tablespoons of canola oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and sauté for 4 to 5 minutes, until cooked through and lightly browned. Remove onions from skillet and set aside. Remove skillet from heat.
Step 3
Lightly beat eggs with 1/4 tablespoon of soy sauce in a medium bowl. Return skillet to burner and heat remaining canola oil over medium heat. Add egg mixture, stirring to scramble eggs. Remove eggs from skillet.
Step 4
Heat sesame oil in skillet over medium heat. Add chicken, carrots, peas and cooked onions and sauté about 2 minutes, or until heated through.
Step 5
Add cooked quinoa, bean sprouts and green onions to skillet and stir to combine. Continue to stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes. Add scrambled eggs and drizzle mixture with remaining soy sauce. Stir-fry for an additional minute, or until well blended and heated through.
Stir-Fry, Made Easy
A tasty and wholesome dinner doesn’t have to be hard or time-consuming to make. This Stir-Fried Chicken and Quinoa dish made with Success® Tri-Color Quinoa, chicken, eggs, veggies and soy sauce is as easy as they come. It’s also packed with classic fried rice flavors and is loaded with nutritious veggies like carrots, peas, onions and bean sprouts. Enjoy a delicious protein- and veggie-packed meal in less than 30 minutes with this simple recipe.
You don’t have to be a trained chef to enjoy delicious, home-cooked meals and this tasty recipe is one of our favorites to prove that. As with many of our recipes, you start by cooking the base ingredient, in this case quinoa, and setting it aside. Next, cook the onion until lightly browned, and set that aside, as well. Beat the eggs and mix them with soy sauce and cook those in the skillet and also set aside. In the same skillet, stir together the cooked chicken, peas, carrots and cooked onions for a few minutes. Then, combine this with the rest of the ingredients and stir-fry for a few more minutes until everything is mixed well. A few steps, and dinner’s done! This recipe proves that you can have a perfect, stir-fried dish in very little time, with very little effort but all of the flavor! Looking for a new dinner idea? Try our:homemade Spanish rice.
