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Chicken breast with lemon glaze on quinoa and spinach with parsley on a white plate

Lemon chicken with quinoa and spinach

Juicy chicken in a lemon-garlic glaze on a bed of quinoa and spinach — 50 g protein in 30 minutes, fresh and weeknight-friendly.

High-Protein
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Prep
10 min
Cook
18 min
Total
28 min
kcal / serving
510

Ingredients

Servings1
  • 160 gchicken breast
  • 60 gquinoa(dry)
  • 75 gspinach
  • ½lemon
  • 1 clovesgarlic
  • 7 ½ mlolive oil
  • 120 mlvegetable stock
  • 5 gparsley
  • 2 ½ ghoney

Instructions

  1. 1

    Simmer 60 g quinoa in 120 ml vegetable stock for 12 minutes, then let it steam off the heat for 5 minutes.

  2. 2

    Season 160 g chicken breast with salt and pepper. Heat 10 ml 7 ½ ml olive oil in a pan and sear chicken for 4 minutes per side.

  3. 3

    Remove the chicken. Briefly fry 1 cloves garlic, deglaze with juice and zest of ½ lemon, 2 ½ g honey and 50 ml water, reduce for 1 minute.

  4. 4

    Stir in 75 g spinach until wilted. Return chicken to the pan and coat in the sauce.

  5. 5

    Fluff quinoa with the remaining 7 ½ ml olive oil, serve with chicken, spinach and 5 g parsley.

Nutrition per 100 g

per 100 gper serving
Energy140 kcal510 kcal
Protein14 g50 g
Carbs12 g42 g
Fat4 g14 g
Fiber2 g6 g

Frequently asked

How do I keep the chicken juicy?

Sear over medium-high until golden on both sides and only briefly rest in the sauce — internal temperature of 72 °C / 162 °F is enough.

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