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Tuscan chicken quinoa casserole

Tuscan chicken quinoa casserole

By Logan Huynh
20’ Prep time
60’ Cook time
80’ Total time
336 Calories
6 Serving

Summary

This tuscan chicken quinoa bake is packed with italian flavors, kid-friendly, and has  a whopping 27g protein per serving! we are big fans of quinoa casseroles! we love that they are easy meals to make but are still flavor-packed and healthy. healthy quinoa casseroles are protein packed whether they have meat in them or not. after you add this tuscan chicken quinoa casserole to the menu, add this healthy cashew chicken casserole and this quinoa broccoli and cheese casserole to the list, too!
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Step by Step

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Step 1

First, preheat oven to 375ºF and spray a casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
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Step 2

Next place 1.5 cups uncooked quinoa on the bottom of the casserole dish.
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Step 3

Then, finely dice onion and cut chicken breast into bite-sized pieces. Transfer into casserole dish.
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Step 4

Season chicken with minced garlic, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
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Step 5

Next, mix together around 3 cups of tomato soup with 1 cup of water. If you buy tomato soup in a carton, you will get anywhere from 3-4 cups of tomato soup, so you can use all of the soup, but substitute the rest with water.
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Step 6

Pour soup mixture on top of chicken and quinoa and use a spoon to mix, making sure that the chicken and quinoa are submerged.
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Step 7

Cover casserole dish with tin foil and bake at 375ºF for 30 minutes.
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Step 8

While the casserole is baking, slice 5-6 medium tomatoes.
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Step 9

Once the 30 minutes is up, remove the casserole from the oven and stir. Add sliced tomatoes and bake for an additional 20 minutes, uncovered.
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Step 10

Finally, remove casserole one more time, add mozzarella cheese and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
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Step 11

Remove casserole dish from oven and let sit for 10 additional minutes to thicken.
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Step 12

Serve with fresh basil.

Tips and Warnings

  • This recipe was upated on April 8, 2020. The original recipe can be found HERE. The reason this recipe was updarted was to increase the serving size to 6 so that no soup is wasted. We also simplfied this recipe to remove the “saute” step so that it is much easier to make.
  • water/soup: each soup container will have anywhere from 3 to 4 cups of soup in it. Ours had 3.5 cups soup, so we only used about 1/2 cup of water. The goal is to get 4 cups of liquid between the soup and water.

Ingredient

  • Medium red onion
    Medium red onion
    0.5
  • Salt
    Salt
    0.62 ml
  • Garlic powder
    Garlic powder
    4.93 ml
  • Pepper
    Pepper
    0.62 ml
  • Boneless skinless chicken breast
    Boneless skinless chicken breast
    0.45 kg
  • Chopped fresh basil
    Chopped fresh basil
    78.85 ml
  • Italian seasoning
    Italian seasoning
    9.86 ml
  • Minced garlic
    Minced garlic
    14.79 ml
  • Uncooked quinoa
    Uncooked quinoa
    3548.82 ml
  • Water*
    Water*
    236.59 ml
  • Creamy tomato soup
    Creamy tomato soup
    709.76 ml
  • Medium-sized tomatoes
    Medium-sized tomatoes
    4
  • Optional drizzle: aged balsamic/balsamic reduction
    Optional drizzle: aged balsamic/balsamic reduction
    1
  • Pearled mozzarella balls
    Pearled mozzarella balls
    113.4 g

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