Name: Chicken with mustard lentils
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tbsp vegetable oil; pack of 4 chicken thighs and 4 chicken drumsticks; 1 red onion thinly sliced; 2 garlic cloves crushed; 250g puy lentils; 750ml hot chicken stock; 2 tbsp crème fraîche; zest and juice 1 lemon; 1 tbsp Dijon mustard; small bunch parsley chopped; green vegetables to serve (optional)

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Chicken with mustard lentils

Chicken with mustard lentils

Cassie Best

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 15 mins

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Chicken thighs and drumsticks go a long way when teamed with healthy pulses flavoured with Dijon, cream and parsley

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 tbsp vegetable oil
pack of 4 chicken thighs

and 4 chicken drumsticks
1 red onion

thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves

crushed
250g puy lentils
750ml hot chicken stock
2 tbsp crème fraîche
zest and juice 1 lemon
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
small bunch parsley

chopped
green vegetables

to serve (optional)

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal538
fat24g
saturates7g
carbs32g
sugars3g
fibre7g
protein49g
salt1g

low

Method

step 1

Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole. Season the chicken pieces, then brown in the hot oil for 3 mins each side, until golden on all sides. Remove and set aside. Pour away all but 1 tbsp oil.
step 2

Add the onion to the pan and cook for 5 mins, then add the garlic and cook for 1 min more. Add the lentils and stock and stir well. Put the chicken on top, put the lid on and leave to simmer over a medium heat for 30 mins. Remove the lid and increase the heat. Bubble for another 20 mins until the lentils are tender, most of the stock has been absorbed, and the chicken is cooked through.
step 3

Stir in the crème fraîche, lemon zest and juice, mustard, parsley and seasoning. Serve with green veg, if you like.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2013

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