Chicken Quinoa

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/4 cup diced onion
• 1/4 cup diced carrot
• 1/4 cup diced celery
• 1/4 cup diced green bell pepper
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 cup chopped cooked chicken
• 1 tablespoon parsley flakes
• 1/2 cup quinoa
• 1 cup chicken broth
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, carrot, celery, bell pepper, and garlic in hot oil until vegetables are tender, 5 to 7 minutes.

Stir chicken and parsley into the vegetable mixture; cook and stir for about 1 minute. Add quinoa to the chicken mixture. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook and stir until quinoa is toasted, about 2 minutes.

Pour chicken broth over the quinoa mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low. Place a cover on the saucepan and cook mixture at a simmer until the quinoa is tender, about 15 minutes. Turn heat completely off and allow mixture to sit covered another 5 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Fluff with a fork to serve.