If you want to get more veggies, protein and whole grains into your diet without compromising flavor, this recipe is for you. This BBQ chicken and quinoa skillet is a delicious and hearty lunch or dinner. Packed with smoky BBQ flavor, this skillet has tons of veggies, lean ground chicken, and nutritious quinoa. Topped with melty cheddar cheese, this is an all-in-one dish you can enjoy eating.
Course dinner, lunch, main course
Cuisine American
Keyword greek skillet, quinoa
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Calories 351kcal
Author Steph
Equipment
shallow Dutch oven or large frying pan
Ingredients
1cupred bell pepperdiced, 1 pepper
1 cupred oniondiced, 1 onion
2cupsyellow squashdiced, 2 small squash
olive oil spray
1lblean ground chicken99% fat free, ground chicken breast
1cupcornfrozen or fresh
1/2cupuncooked quinoa
2scallionschopped
1/2cuplow sugar BBQ sauceI used Stubbs Original
1/2cupchicken broth
2ozreduced fat cheddar cheeseI use Cabot 75%
Spice Blend
2tspbrown sugar
1tspkosher salt
1tsppaprika
1tspgarlic powder
1tsponion powder
1/4tspground mustard powder
1/4tspcayenne pepper
Instructions
Cook the quinoa in water according to package directions. (Total yield will be approximately 2 cups cooked quinoa, if you want to use pre-cooked quinoa).
Combine the spice rub ingredients in a small bowl.
Dice the bell pepper and red onion; slice the zucchini vertically and then chop it into pieces (half-moon shaped).
Preheat the pan over medium high heat and add olive oil spray.
Add the chopped pepper, onion and zucchini to the pan with 1 tbsp of the spice blend.
Toss to coat, and cook the vegetables for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
After 10 minutes, remove the vegetables from the pan and set aside.
To the same skillet, add more olive oil spray and the ground chicken.
Add the remaining spice blend, and break the chicken up into pieces.
Cook the chicken until no longer pink.
Add the cooked vegetables and quinoa back into the skillet, along with the corn and chopped scallions.
Add the BBQ sauce and chicken broth to the pan and stir to combine.
Simmer the ingredients with the BBQ sauce and broth for about 5 minutes or until the liquid is absorbed.