Quinoa Paella


Photo: Katrin
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Ingredients

3 chorizo sausage links
2 cups cooked chicken breasts chopped
2 cups quinoa
3 cups low sodium chicken stock
1/2 large white onion
3 cloves garlic grated
1 teaspoon crushed red chilies
1 small zucchini diced
1 red pepper diced
3 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

1
Remove chorizo from its casing into a pot and brown in oil until nearly cooked. Set aside.
2
In the same pot add onions and garlic to soften. Add chicken stock and scrape any browned bits and bring to a boil over high heat.
3
Rinse quinoa in a sieve well. Add to the pot along with zucchini and peppers, and chorizo. Stir, cover and turn the heat down to a medium/low for approximately 12-14 minutes.
4
Afterwards, add chicken and stir again. Heat for another 5-8 minutes or until the liquid has been absorbed.
5
I garnished with chopped green onions.
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About

This recipe sort of just happened...my husband to be is not a fan of rice but I enjoy it. We needed to find something that we could equally agree to eat and quinoa was it!
Paella sometimes can be quite heavy but this recipe I whipped up is great - light and flavor packed!
It is also listed on my blog here - http://bit.ly/hhpZY3
Hope you enjoy it!

Yield:

6

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 3:08pm

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