Quinoa Roasted Chicken with Olive Gremolata

Health Staff
Updated
This dinner packs 7 grams of fiber and 48 grams of belly-flattening protein into each serving to keep you feeling fuller longer.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 white quinoa

  • 2 2/3 low-sodium chicken broth

  • 5 1/2 green beans, trimmed

  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 6 oz. each), trimmed

  • Salt and freshly cracked black pepper

  • Olive gremolata

  • 1 1/2 roughly chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves

  • 1 roughly chopped mint leaves

  • 1 finely grated lemon zest

  • 2 lemon juice

  • 1/2 chopped pitted black olives

  • 1 olive oil

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Place quinoa in base of an ovenproof baking dish. In a saucepan, bring broth to a boil over medium-high heat; pour over quinoa. Cover and bake for 10 minutes. Stir quinoa, top with beans and chicken and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover dish tightly with foil and bake until quinoa is tender and chicken is cooked through, 25 to 30 minutes.

Directions

  1. Make gremolata: In a bowl, mix parsley, mint, lemon zest and juice, olives and oil until well combined. Divide chicken and quinoa among 4 plates. Spoon gremolata over and serve.

Yields: Serves: 4

Prep Time time: 20 minutes

Cook Time time: 45 minutes