Creamy Chicken Quinoa and Broccoli Bake

"Creamy Chicken Quinoa and Broccoli Bake"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Sauce: Bring the chicken broth and ½ cup milk to a low boil in a saucepan. Whisk the other ½.
  • cup milk with the poultry seasoning, garlic salt, and flour (or cornstarch); add the mixture (and wine / sherry if using) to the boiling liquid and whisk until a smooth creamy sauce forms. Taste and add Salt / Pepper to taste.
  • Assembly: In a large bowl, mix the sauce from step one, cooked quinoa, cooked chicken, frozen broccoli, and cheese and stir to combine. Pour the mixture into a 9x13 baking dish generously coated with cooking spray.
  • If freezing, spray the top of the mixture with cooking spray and cover with plastic wrap, then place in the freezer and proceed to follow “brick” method of freezing. Place the crumbled bacon in a separate freezer bag and freeze alongside the pan.
  • On serving day, remove the frozen brick from the freezer, unwrap, and immediately place back in the 9x13 pan sprayed with cooking spray to thaw completely. Then proceed to bake:

  • Bake: Stir the room-temperature bake to re-incorporate all flavors, then bake, loosely covered with foil, in a preheated 350 degree oven for 25 – 30 minutes until heated through and bubbly. Remove, uncover, and top with the bacon crumbles (or almonds), then bake for 10 minutes longer, or just long enough to crisp the bacon (or toast the almonds).

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