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Tex-Mex Chicken Quinoa Skillet Dinner

This chicken quinoa skillet with tex-mex flavors is a quick meal to make when you are low on energy, and it’s easy to keep the ingredients on hand.

This quick and easy dinner with chicken, quinoa, tomatoes, and black olives is great for busy nights!
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Do you know why I love sponsored posts? (This isn’t one by the way.) Yes, I love actually getting paid for the work I do around here, but it’s not just that. When a sponsor asks me to write a recipe featuring their product, they give me a starting point. Write a recipe using canned goods from the grocery store where I shop anyway? Sounds great! Use my favorite veggie burgers in a new way on the grill? I’d love to!

When I’m given an ingredient or theme to work with, it helps get my creativity and ideas going. Then there are the blank slate days. These are days when I don’t have a campaign to work on, and I just need to think of a new recipe to share. I’m sure those days would be easy for some since the possibilities are endless, but “endless” is a little too broad for me. When I can make anything, I sometimes don’t even know where to start.

This quick and easy dinner with chicken, quinoa, tomatoes, and black olives is great for busy nights!

When the ideas aren’t coming to me on blank slate days, sometimes I create my own limitation. I go to the grocery store and pick out a piece of meat and ask myself what I can do with it. Another way I limit myself is like I did with this quinoa skillet: I see what I have on hand and turn it intoย a recipe. Yesterday I didn’t want to make what I planned for dinner, and I had some clearance chicken that needed to be used. I scrounged around in the pantry and came up with this tasty, healthy, and very easy meal.ย Not only is this a great pantry dinner, it also makes for really good lunches the next day (if you have any leftover). I hope you enjoy it!

This chicken quinoa skillet recipe with tex-mex flavors is a quick dinner to make when you are low on energy, and it's easy to keep the ingredients on hand. It is a perfect answer to any Mexican food craving, and it's kid friendly too! 1m
This chicken quinoa skillet recipe with tex-mex flavors is a quick dinner to make when you are low on energy, and it’s easy to keep the ingredients on hand. It is a perfect answer to any Mexican food craving, and it’s kid friendly too!
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This quick and easy dinner with chicken, quinoa, tomatoes, and black olives is great for busy nights!

Tex-Mex Chicken Quinoa Skillet Dinner

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This chicken quinoa skillet recipe with tex-mex flavors is a quick dinner to make when you are low on energy, and it’s easy to keep the ingredients on hand. It is a perfect answer to any Mexican food craving, and it’s kid friendly too!

  • Yield: 4 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 onion diced
  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth (you can substitute water)
  • 10 ounces Rotel tomatoes drained well
  • 1/2 cup sliced black olives
  • 1 cup quinoa uncooked
  • minced cilantro (fresh or freeze-dried)
  • 1/2 cup shredded monterey jack cheese

Instructions

  1. Spray a large skillet with cooking spray, and heat over medium-high heat. Add onion, and cook about three minutes. Stir in chicken and cumin, and stir fry a few more minutes just until chicken is cooked on the outside.
  2. Stir in chicken broth, tomatoes, and olives. Bring to a low boil. Stir in quinoa, reduce heat to a simmer, and cover. Cook approximately 20 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed, stirring once or twice.
  3. Remove lid, turn off heat, and stir in cilantro. Sprinkle cheese over individual portions or over the entire skillet before serving.
  • Author: Andi

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Comments

  1. Connie says

    August 27, 2015 at 5:23 am

    Any idea what the calorie and macro breakdown is?

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    • Andi Gleeson says

      August 30, 2015 at 8:57 am

      Hi, Connie. I don’t usually calculate the nutrition information for my recipes, but you could plug it into a site like MyFitnessPal. Thanks!

      Reply
  2. Kelly - Life Made Sweeter says

    July 19, 2015 at 1:25 am

    I feel the same way about those days too. Love this dish you came up with! So easy and looks delicious!

    Reply
    • Andi Gleeson says

      July 20, 2015 at 10:12 pm

      It’s hard to pull a recipe out of thin air, isn’t it? Thank you so much. I’m happy you liked this one, Kelly!

      Reply
  3. Jen @ Yummy Healthy Easy says

    July 17, 2015 at 9:26 am

    You know I like me some quinoa! This looks incredible and I know my family would love it. Pinned!

    Reply
    • Andi Gleeson says

      July 20, 2015 at 10:15 pm

      Thank you, Jen! I know you love Mexican flavors as much as I do, so I think you would like this one :)

      Reply

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