Griddled courgette, chicken & lentils with mint yogurt

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• jo,s recipes

  01 September 2008

  jo,s recipes commented on this recipe

  This is a fantastic dish,it has alot more flavour than you expect. I made it for the family some of which are vegetarian so I swapped the chicken for quorn pieces. I will be making this again

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• JM

  05 September 2008

  JM rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Fantastic - so tasty. Don't toss the lentils with the rest of the ingredients - looks too messy like that - just use as a bed to serve on.

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• Belkey

  12 September 2008

  Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is great, really tasty & I would definitely do again.

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• Pewtersfood

  15 September 2008

  Pewtersfood rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Horrid.Mint sauce does not go with chicken here.Had never had puy lentils - will not be repeating the experience.

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• JM

  22 September 2008

  JM commented on this recipe

  The previous comment by Pewtersfood is right - mint sauce does not work well - use freshly chopped mint instead and it's fantastic!

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• Leamac83

  22 April 2009

  Leamac83 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I used fresh mint and lemon juice in some greek yog and it went really well. I didnt toss the courgettes in the oil and garlic though i just griddled them and then squeezed on some lemon, it all went really well together and was a nice healthy light dinner. Will make this again but will add the oil to the courgettes next time and maybe some spice to the lentils.

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• kerry holmes

  09 July 2009

  kerry holmes rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very Tasty! I added some cayenne pepper, cumin, corriander, cinnamon & nutmeg to the lentils to give them more flavour and used fresh mint and lemon in my yoghurt. Looking forward to having the leftover cold for lunch!

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• VAL RMN

  31 July 2009

  VAL RMN commented on this recipe

  Tried this with some trepidation a few days ago as never cooked lentils in my life before - loved it! Didn't have garam masala so used a dollop of curry paste instead, delicious! Tonight made a variation as have a glut of courgettes in the garden - thin sliced steak fried with onion, add a tin of tomatoes, salt and pepper, and sliced courgettes, cook up to make a nice thick stew. Bung in a shallow dish, stir in the cooked lentils, top with grated cheese then pop in oven at 160 for about 20 minutes - another success!!!!!

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• CloClo

  05 August 2009

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• jdeming79

  31 August 2009

  jdeming79 commented on this recipe

  Really like this dish but seems to take longer than the stated time, they should change that as it takes close to an hour(using a mandolin to slice the courgette) from start to finish.

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• Stevie B

  24 August 2010

  Stevie B rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I was a bit unsure after reading some reviews, but I do think the flavours go together nicely. I used fresh mint with Greek yoghurt as I couldn't see the mint sauce working. I found it difficult to griddle the chicken and courgettes as there wasn't really enough space on the griddle (this was cooking for two, let alone four). Also, I wasn't sure how to cut a chicken thigh into "ribbons", so I ended up with chunks of chicken although that was no real problem. If I was to do this again, using chicken breasts and chopping and frying these with the courgette in a large frying pan would probably not make too difference to the overall flavour. Also, I learnt that puy lentils are a type of green lentil, so I used green lentils but my packet instructions meant cooking them was going to take about 50mins - rinse and bring to the boil in cold water, boil for 10mins, simmer for 35 - so the recipe time should probably be a lot longer than stated.

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• Jan

  09 May 2011

  Jan commented on this recipe

  I fried the chicken, used chicken breast and girdled the courgette. I added cumin as well too the seasoning and from the comments didn't fancy mint sauce, so I used harrissa sauce which went really well with the rest of the meal. Lovely

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• Yemma

  18 May 2012

  Yemma rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Took a lot longer to make than expected, the flavours didn't go well together for me, although maybe fresh mint instead of mint sauce, as suggested above, may have been more subtle. Won't be trying this again.

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Ingredients

• 100g Puy lentils
• 1 cube chicken stock
• 4 chicken thighs , sliced into ribbons
• olive oil
• ½ tsp garam masala
• 2 courgettes , sliced into strips
• 1 garlic clove , crushed
• ½ coriander , small bunch, chopped
• ½ lemon , juiced
• 75ml natural yogurt
• 1 tsp mint sauce

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Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Ready in 25 minutes

Ingredients

• 100g Puy lentils
• 1 cube chicken stock
• 4 chicken thighs , sliced into ribbons
• olive oil
• ½ tsp garam masala
• 2 courgettes , sliced into strips
• 1 garlic clove , crushed
• ½ coriander , small bunch, chopped
• ½ lemon , juiced
• 75ml natural yogurt
• 1 tsp mint sauce

Per serving

406 kcalories, protein 55g, carbohydrate 30.8g, fat 7.8 g, saturated fat 2.3g, fibre 5.6g, salt 2.62 g

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