

Quinoa chicken, mushroom and parmesan risotto
Ingredients
- 600ml reduced-salt chicken stock
- spray oil
- 400g chicken breast, chopped
- 5 cups mixed mushrooms (we used white and portobello)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 spring onions, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 1 ¼cups quinoa
- ¼ cup white wine
- 6 cups spinach or silver beet leaves, roughly chopped
- ⅓ cup grated parmesan
- parsley and black pepper, to serve
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Instructions
1 Heat stock in a saucepan until just below boiling. Reduce heat and keep hot.
2 Spray a pan with oil. Add chicken and stir-fry for 5 minutes, until browned and cooked through. Remove chicken and set aside.
3 Spray pan again and bring back to a high heat. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring, until browned and softened. Set aside.
4 Heat oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add spring onions and garlic and cook for 1 minute, without browning. Add quinoa and cook for 1 minute.
5 Pour in the wine and stir until absorbed. Lower the heat. Pour over a ladle full of stock. Stir until absorbed. Repeat, stirring, for about 15 minutes or until quinoa is cooked.
6 Add spinach, chicken and mushrooms to risotto, stir and bring back to simmer. Add parmesan and remove from heat. Serve garnished with parmesan and parsley.
Variations
Make it gluten free: Check stock is gluten free.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 433 cal
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Kilojoules 1810 kJ
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Protein 37 g
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Total fat 14 g
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Saturated fat 4 g
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Carbohydrates 35 g
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Sugar 5 g
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Dietary fibre 6 g
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Sodium 840 mg
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Calcium 200 mg
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Iron 4.5 mg
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