Greek Chicken Salad

Franchellynn

I'm a stay at home mom of 3 stair step redheads. I love cooking, especially quick and easy kid favorites.

2 ½ lb chicken of your choice

2 TBSP minced garlic, more if you prefer

2 ½ cups chicken stock

¼ cup lemon juice

1 tsp oregano

¼ tsp cayenne pepper

¼ tsp black pepper

¾ c quinoa, rinsed

1 med red onion, diced

1 diced cucumber, peeled and seeded

1 c (or more) grape tomato halves

subheading: Tzatziki sauce:

1 ½ cups plain Greek yogurt

1 ½ seeded, peeled and rough chopped cucumbers

1 ½ Tbsp dried dill

½ tsp black pepper

1 ½ tsp minced garlic

¾ tsp kosher salt

½ tsp garlic powder

1 ½ tsp olive oil

Mix broth, oregano, dehydrated minced onion, Cayenne, black pepper, lemon juice, and garlic in your slow cooker or instant pot.

Nestle chicken into the broth and spice mixture.

For slow cooker, cook on low for 6 to 8 hours. For instapot, cook on manual 12 minutes and allow natural release.

Allow chicken to cool before removing from the broth, but reserve the broth. Set chicken aside to be shredded.

Measure out 1.5 cups of liquid from your broth, supplementing with water or chicken stock if needed. Add broth and quinoa to a pot.

Bring to a boil, add lid, reduce to simmer for 15 minutes.

While quinoa is cooking, shred chicken.

Let quinoa stand for 5 minutes before mixing into shredded chicken.

This can all be done a day in advance, covered, and kept in the refrigerator. If you are doing this all same day, allow chicken mix to cool in the refrigerator while you prepare the rest.

subheading: Tzatziki sauce:

Add all ingredients to a food processor or blender and blitz until smooth.

Pour tzatziki over chicken mix. Add tomatoes, red onion, and cucumber. Mix well.

Serve cold with pita bread, hearty wheat crackers (like Triscuits), tortillas, or a spoon!

Adapted from www.365daysofcrockpot.com/instant-pot-smothered-greek-chi...

For a lighter meal, skip the quinoa. Put shredded chicken, tzatzki, tomatoes, onions and any other toppings on lavash bread, spinach wrap, pita bread, or flat bread.

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