Easy Cook Appetizing Tex Mex One Pan Mexican Quinoa

Tex Mex One Pan Mexican Quinoa.

To cook Tex Mex One Pan Mexican Quinoa you need 15 ingredients and just 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

1. Prepare of chicken tenderloins (optional).
2. You need of olive oil.
3. Prepare of garlic cloves minced.
4. Prepare of jalapeno minced.
5. You need of quinoa.
6. It's of vegetable broth.
7. You need of can kidney beans, drained and rinsed or black beans.
8. It's of can diced tomatoes with green chilies.
9. It's of corn kernels, frozen, canned or roasted.
10. You need of chili powder.
11. Prepare of cumin.
12. You need of Kosher salt and black pepper.
13. Prepare of avocado halved, peeled and diced.
14. You need of Juice of 1 lime.
15. You need of fresh chopped cilantro or parsley.

Tex Mex One Pan Mexican Quinoa step by step

1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add garlic and jalapeno, and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1 minute..
2. Stir in quinoa, vegetable broth, beans, tomatoes with green chilies, corn, chili powder and cumin; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer until quinoa is cooked through, about 20 minutes. Stir in avocado, lime juice, parsley or cilantro..
3. In a medium pan heat 2 tbsp olive oil and place chicken and season with salt and pepper and cook until juices run clear and are browned on both sides..
4. In a bowl add quinoa and and all the fixings. You can either shred your chicken or leave whole. Garnish with sour cream, green onions and parsley. Serve immediately..