Description
Enjoy a delicious Air Fryer Chicken Power Bowl Quinoa perfect for an easy dinner or weeknight dinner. This family dinner features crispy air fryer chicken paired with a high protein quinoa bowl for a nutritious and satisfying meal.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1.5 cups quinoa uncooked or 4 cups cooked
- 2 medium chicken breasts diced into bite-sized pieces
- Juice of ½ lemon
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1.5 tablespoons olive oil for cooking
- 1 cup cucumber diced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 cup bell pepper diced red and or green
- ¼ red onion sliced
- ½ cup black olives
- ¼ cup chopped mint
- ¼ cup chopped parsley
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Juice of ½ lemon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup crumbled or cubed feta
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- Extra parsley and mint
- A handful of nuts such as pistachios walnuts or almonds
Instructions
- Rinse quinoa and combine it with water and salt in a pot. Bring to a boil then cover and reduce heat to simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let it rest covered for 10 minutes. Fluff the quinoa with a fork.
- Place diced chicken in a bowl and coat with lemon juice olive oil paprika oregano garlic powder salt and pepper. Toss well to marinate.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken pieces and cook for about 4 minutes on each side. Drizzle honey over the chicken and cook for another 30 seconds to one minute. Remove from heat and let rest.
- Combine cucumber cherry tomatoes bell pepper red onion olives mint parsley olive oil lemon juice salt and feta in a bowl. Toss to mix well.
- To assemble each bowl add 1 cup cooked quinoa then top with chicken and mixed salad. Garnish with extra feta olives fresh herbs Greek yogurt and nuts.
Notes
- Get it done quickly by cooking quinoa and marinating chicken at the start
- Pan-fry chicken while quinoa cooks and prepare salad alongside
- For make-ahead convenience, cook quinoa and marinate chicken up to 2-3 days ahead
- Washing vegetables and herbs in advance helps speed up final assembly
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Main
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Healthy
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 688kcal
- Sugar: 9g
- Sodium: 1360mg
- Fat: 34g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g + 19g
- Trans Fat: 0.01g
- Carbohydrates: 56g
- Fiber: 8g
- Protein: 41g
- Cholesterol: 91mg