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Piri-Piri Chicken and Beef Quinoa Salad

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Quinoa (pronouced keen-wah) is a delicious edible seed from South America that's taking over the health food aisles in Sydney. Try this delicious salad for a light summer's dinner meal.
Course Salad
Keyword Easy
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 1 chicken breast large, thinly sliced diagonally
  • 400 g steak thinly sliced diagonally
  • 1 cup piri-piri sauce (We used Nando's)
  • 1 small kumera diced into 1cm cubes
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • ½ cup white quinoa
  • 6 button mushrooms sliced
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 8 iceburg lettuce leaves sliced
  • 1 lebanese cucumber diced
  • ¼ red capsicum diced
  • 1 tomato diced
  • ½ avocado diced

Instructions

  • Rinse quinoa through a fine-mesh strainer 3 times to remove bitterness. Place in a small saucepan and cover with 1 cup of water. Bring to boil. Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 10mins or until quinoa is tender. Drain and rest for 10min in pan.
  • Marinate chicken and beef each in 1/2 cup of sauce. Cover and place in fridge for 30min.
  • Place kumera on a foil-lined baking tray. Drizzle with honey and 2tbsp oil. Place in preheated oven for 20min or until golden and cooked through.
  • Meanwhile, heat butter in a frying pan on medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and cook for 3 min until golden brown on both sides. Remove from heat.
  • In a large salad bowl, layer lettuce, quinoa, cucumber, capsicum, tomato, avocado and mushrooms.
  • Add 2 tbsp of oil to large frying pan at high heat. Add chicken and cook for 5 min. Move to one side of pan. Add beef and cook for 3 min or until both meats are cooked. Add to salad, top with kumera and toss to serve.
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