Barbecue Chicken Quinoa Casserole

  1. Ellen Martinez says:

    This is easy and delicious! I will serve this hot or cold. Thank you for the recipe!

  2. Carly R says:

    This sounded unique and we ended up loving it! I used two chicken breasts and would definitely add a third next time to have more meat to quinoa ratio. TJs was out of Carolina Gold, so I subbed a Harris Teeter brand Carolina Gold sauce and added 1/2 tsp brown sugar, to try to make it more like TJs. I omitted tomatoes this time but still used the TJs chile corn salsa. We enjoyed it served with tortilla chips and diced avocado. Very delicious meal; we can’t wait for round two with our freezer batch. Thank you!

  3. Aimee says:

    This might be a dumb question…but should I cook BOTH casseroles and then freeze one after cooking? Or just cook one and freeze the other to cook later?

  4. Lauren says:

    Thinking of your save some for lunch ideas. How would you store this in super cubes? Would you need to bake it first without the cheese, cool, portion into cubes, and then freeze? Would love your thoughts! Thanks!

    • Kate says:

      Put it into souper cubes without baking it, freeze with the cheese sprinkled on top. Then when ready to bake, maybe let it defrost a little before baking. Or just adjust temp and cooking time and bake from frozen.

  5. Anna says:

    In the pictures it just looks like corn was added to the recipe….is there salsa added in addition to the corn? I’m not near a Trader Joe’s so wondering what I can sub

    • Kate says:

      Yes you can sub out for 1 cup of corn (frozen/fresh/canned), and 1 cup of diced tomatoes (fresh/canned)

  6. Abby Kluesner says:

    This is such a great recipe!! I doubled it and made 4 casseroles to freeze. I added 1 1/2 times the called for chicken and black beans. So good! I love that it’s a different flavor profile and freezes so well. Thank you for all you do Kate! Some of your best advice was to leave our blender on the counter. I’m now a smoothie making queen since I don’t have to pull it of a cabinet everyday. Thanks for your everyday inspiration!!! You’re the best.

  7. Ana says:

    My family loved this recipe and the kids loved being able to dip chips in it. I’m serving this at a dinner – do you have any recommendations for sides to pair with it to make it a more complete meal?

  8. Ashly says:

    How could I make this with rice?
    My stomach doesn’t tolerate quinoa but this looks so good.

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