Curried Chicken and Broccoli with Quinoa

Many thanks to the imgurian who posted this recipe, which served as the inspiration for a lunch recipe  that my dear partner was heartbroken to learn was for his lunch, not his dinner (despite the fact that I was cooking it at dinner time).

Curried Chicken and Broccoli with Quinoa

Ingredients

3.5 cups water

1.5 cups quinoa, rinsed

1 medium onion, coarse-diced

1 medium sweet potato, chopped into pieces ~1"x1/2" in size

2 heads broccoli, cut into bite-size florets

1 heaping tsp minced ginger

2 tbsp minced garlic

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup water

2 tbsp curry powder

1 tbsp chili powder

1 tsp black pepper (I so eyeballed this it's not even funny)

Instructions

1. Put your water on to boil in a medium saucepan. Rinse your quinoa and set it aside.

2. Cut up the onion, sweet potato, and broccoli. Put the onion with the garlic and ginger.

3. Cut up the chicken into little bite-size pieces.

4. By this point, the water should be boiling. Dump in the quinoa and boil it for 15 minutes, stirring whenever you remember it exits.

5. Heat a few tablespoons of vegetable oil in a wok over high heat. When it's smoking hot, toss in the onion, garlic, and ginger.

6. Toss in the broccoli. Cook those for a few minutes, or until the onion starts to brown.

7. Add the chicken and sweet potatoes. Let them cook a bit, then toss them around, let them cook, toss 'em around, etc.

8. While those are thinking about cooking, mix up the soy sauce, water, curry, chili powder, and black pepper.

9. Dump that mix over the chicken/veggie mixture. Let that simmer over low heat until the quinoa is ready.

10. Once the quinoa's ready, dump it into the wok. Turn the heat up and let the mix bubble for a minute or two.

11. Turn the heat off and you are DONE.

Yay!