Chicken stew with butternut squash and quinoa
Chicken stew with butternut squash and quinoa

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken stew with butternut squash and quinoa. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken stew with butternut squash and quinoa is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Chicken stew with butternut squash and quinoa is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chicken stew with butternut squash and quinoa using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken stew with butternut squash and quinoa:
  1. Make ready 1 1/2 lb butternut squash, peeled, seeded and chopped into half inch pieces
  2. Get 4 cup reduced sodium chicken broth
  3. Make ready 1 1/2 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
  4. Get 1 tbsp evoo
  5. Make ready 1 medium onion, finely chopped
  6. Get 4 clove garlic, minced
  7. Get 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
  8. Make ready 14 oz no sodium added diced tomatoes
  9. Make ready 2/3 cup uncooked quinoa
  10. Prepare 3/4 cup pitted and quartered kalamata olives
  11. Take 1 fresh ground black pepper, to taste
  12. Make ready 1/4 cup minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
Steps to make Chicken stew with butternut squash and quinoa:
  1. Steam the butternut squash until barely tender, about 10 minutes. Remove half of the squash pieces and set aside
  2. Steamthe remaining squash until very tender, an additional 4 to 6 minutes. Mash this squash with the back of a fork. Set aside
  3. In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, bring the chicken broth to a simmer
  4. Add the chicken breast, cover, and cook until chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes
  5. Transfer the chicken to a plate and allow to cool. Pour broth into a medium-size bowl
  6. Return saucepan to the stove top to medium heat. Add evoo
  7. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion has started to turn brown, 8 to 10 minutes
  8. Add the minced garlic and oregano. Cook stirring for an additional 1 minute
  9. To the saucepan, add tomatoes, butternut squash pieces and mashed butternut squash. Stir to combine
  10. Stir in reserved chicken broth and quinoa. Bring to a simmer, cover and cook until the quinoa turns translucent, about 15 minutes
  11. Shred the chicken with your fingers or a fork
  12. Stir the chicken, olives and pepper into the stew and simmer, uncovered, to heat, about 5 minutes
  13. Stir in parsley and serve

So that is going to wrap this up for this exceptional food chicken stew with butternut squash and quinoa recipe. Thanks so much for reading. I am confident you can make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food in home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to save this page in your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!