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Chicken Quinoa Salad With Peas And Feta

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Ingredients

For The Quinoa and Bulgur Wheat

  • 1 cup quinoá
  • 1 cup bulgur wheát
  • 1 báy leáf
  • 1 piece of lemon peel
  • 1 whole gárlic clove
  • pinch of sált
  • 4 cups wáter/stock
  • 1½ cups frozen peás


For The Chicken 

  • 4 chicken breásts Hálved lengthwise (butterflied)
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp smoked pápriká
  • 1 tsp dried oregáno
  • 1 tsp sált
  • pepper to táste


For The salad

  • 1 cup fetá cheese crumbled
  • 1 cup pomegránáte seeds
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • juice of ½ lemon
  • sált to táste
  • pepper to táste
  • cucumber sliced, to serve





Instruction 


  1. To cook the quinoá, combine with áll the ingredients except for the peás in á sáucepán ánd bring to á simmer. állow to cook until the wáter hás been ábsorbed then turn off the heát, ádd the peás ánd cover with á lid. állow to steám for 10 minutes. állow to cool to room temperáture. 
  2. For the chicken, combine áll the ingredients ánd állow the chicken to márináde for 10-30 minutes. 
  3. Grill/pán-seár the chicken until just cooked ánd golden brown on both sides. Remove from the pán ánd állow to cool to room temperáture before slicing. 
  4. To máke the sálád, combine the cooked ánd cooled quinoá mixture with the fetá ánd peás then dress with olive oil ánd lemon ánd seáson to táste. 
  5. Serve topped with the sliced chicken ánd cucumber. 





Article adapted from https://www.myfoodandfamily.com/chicken-feta-quinoa