BBQ Ranch Rooster Quinoa Bowls

When you’re on the lookout for a wholesome meal prep lunch or dinner that’s simple, scrumptious, nourishing, protein-packed and stuffed with taste… like all the time, I’ve received you.

I began making these BBQ hen quinoa bowls as a simple dinner when Sidney was a new child. They remind me of Panera’s BBQ hen salad with southwest flavors, bbq sauce and a easy ranch dressing. Simply throw the hen within the gradual cooker (or pop in on the grill), prepare dinner your quinoa in quarter-hour, chop your veggies whereas the quinoa cooks, and that’s it! Dinner is served.

Bonus: you should use any ranch dressing you’d like or strive my go-to greek yogurt ranch that’s crammed with taste and SO simple to make!

Substances in BBQ hen quinoa bowls

These simple & scrumptious BBQ hen quinoa bowls are crammed with a rainbow of veggies for tons of various flavors and textures. To make them you’ll want:

• Rooster breast: choices to grill or prepare dinner your hen within the gradual cooker under for ease!
• BBQ sauce: I like to make use of a low sugar BBQ sauce and love Stubb’s Spicy or Primal Kitchen’s Mango Habanero. These are different nice ones from Primal Kitchen!
• Quinoa: add a lift of protein from certainly one of my favourite grains. It’s also possible to use common, brown or cauliflower rice if you happen to’d like.
• Black beans: the beans add loads of fiber and protein to those bowls and provides them that burrito bowl taste.
• Veggies: these bowls are full of a real rainbow of veggies. I like so as to add shredded purple cabbage for crunch, candy corn lower off the cob (or thaw some from frozen), purple onion for some zing, juicy roma tomatoes and a kick of warmth from jalapeño. Don’t overlook to prime your bowls with creamy avocado!
• Ranch: be happy to drizzle together with your favourite ranch, or strive my greek yogurt ranch or chipotle ranch!
• To garnish: for extra freshness, I like so as to add chopped cilantro & scallions on prime.

Two methods to prepare dinner your BBQ hen

See under for easy methods to prepare dinner your BBQ hen, and you’ll want to try all of our go-to methods to prepare dinner hen right here!

1. Gradual cooker hen: Place hen and BBQ sauce in a gradual cooker and stir so the BBQ sauce coats the hen. Prepare dinner on excessive for two.5-3 hours. Then take away hen from the gradual cooker, shred with two forks after which place again within the gradual cooker, stir and switch the warmth to heat till you might be able to serve.
2. Grill your hen: marinate hen in a bowl with BBQ sauce for 1 hour, then grill hen over medium excessive warmth for 6-9 minutes per facet, or till the meat thermometer reads 165 levels F. Take away from grill and permit hen to take a seat for five minutes to retain juices, then lower into strips or cube into chew sized items.

The right way to prepare dinner one of the best fluffy quinoa

Bear in mind to get all of our greatest suggestions & tips for cooking quinoa right here! For the fundamentals:

1. Use a 1:2 ratio for quinoa to liquid. On this recipe, you’ll prepare dinner 1 cup quinoa in 2 cups of water, which can make about 3 cups of cooked quinoa.
2. Convey the water to a boil then stir in quinoa. Scale back warmth to low, cowl, and let simmer for precisely quarter-hour. Take away the saucepan from warmth and let stand lined for an additional 5-10 minutes.
3. Quinoa will pop upon cooking and develop. To assist separate the grains, use a fork and fluff the quinoa.

Customise your BBQ hen quinoa bowls

• Make it vegetarian by utilizing tofu or chickpeas
• Grill some BBQ shrimp or salmon to swap the hen
• Hold it dairy free by utilizing a dairy free greek yogurt or ranch
• Prime with this scrumptious avocado lime sauce, guacamole or fruity salsa
• Get wild with a chipotle ranch as a substitute of standard ranch!
• Make it grain free with selfmade cauliflower rice, or use your fav grain like rice, farro, or pearl couscous

Storing suggestions

I like to recommend storing the hen, quinoa, veggies & ranch dressing individually in hermetic containers within the fridge till you’re able to assemble your bowl and luxuriate in it. That method every part stays good and recent!

Extra methods to make use of this BBQ hen

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