Buffalo Chicken Quinoa

Buffalo Chicken Quinoa

What you'll need:

- 1 cup quinoa

- 2 cups water

- 3/4 pound boneless skinless chicken breast (optional)

- 1 cup broccoli floretts

- 3/4 cup shredded carrots

- 3/4 cup shredded cabbage

- 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles, plus more for garnish (you may use nutritional yeast if vegan)

- 4 green onions, plus more for garnish

- 1/2 cup olive oil, another 1 tbsp for cooking

- 1/2 cup hot sauce

- 1 tsp salt of your choice

How to make it:

1. Rinse quinoa well and drain. In a medium pot, combine quinoa and water. Bring to a boil, then cover and turn heat to low. Cook until all the water is absorbed, about 20 minutes. Remove from the heat, fluff the quinoa with a fork.

2. While the quinoa is cooking, cook the chicken and broccoli. In a measuring cup or small bowl combine the olive oil, hot sauce, and seasoned salt. Whisk to combine. Set aside.

3. Heat a medium size skillet over medium high heat. Add a tablespoon of olive oil and saute the broccoli for about 5 minutes. You want it to just start to soften, but still be crisp. Remove from the pan and set aside. Add the chicken to the same pan and cook the chicken for about 5 minutes or until cooked through. Add 1/4 cup or so of the buffalo sauce and cook until the chicken absorbs the sauce.

4. When the quinoa is ready add the chicken, broccoli, carrots, shredded cabbage and as much of the dressing as desired, toss well. Add the blue cheese and half of the green onions. Toss again and serve warm with extra blue cheese crumbles and green onions.

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Thanks for the share, Catie. Shout out to Meg-O On the Go for this fantastic recipe. Here's Meg-O On the Go's note on cooking this Buffalo Chicken Quinoa:

"We only used about 1/2-2/3 of the sauce that this calls for. It’s a lot of sauce. Also, if you are trying to be extra good, you can always skip out on the blue cheese, although I loved the kick it gave to the dish. And if you would like to make it vegetarian, I think this would be awesome with some extra firm tofu in place of the chicken. Or leave out the chicken altogether."