Chicken with mustard lentils

Name: Chicken with mustard lentils
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp vegetable oil; 1 stick pack of 4 chicken thighs and 4 chicken drum; 1 red onion, thinly sliced; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 250 grams Puy lentils; 750 milliliters hot chicken stock; 2 Tbsps crème fraîche; 1 zest and juice lemon; 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard; 1 small bunch parsley, chopped

The recipe Chicken with mustard lentils can be made in around 1 hour and 30 minutes. This recipe serves 4. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 351 calories, 22g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 30% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from BBC Good Food requires chicken stock, lemon zest, onion, and puy lentils. It works well as a main course. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Halibut with Lentils and Mustard Sauce, Warm Lentils with Mustard Vinaigrette, and Mustard-Crusted Pork with Carrots and Lentils.

Instructions

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.

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Chicken Pieces

Cooking Oil

Remove and set aside.

Pour away all but 1 tbsp oil.

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Cooking Oil

Add the onion to the pan and cook for 5 mins, then add the garlic and cook for 1 min more.

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Garlic

Onion

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Frying Pan

Add the lentils and stock and stir well.

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Lentils

Stock

Put the chicken on top, put the lid on and leave to simmer over a medium heat for 30 mins.

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Whole Chicken

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.

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Whole Chicken

Lentils

Stock

Stir in the crme frache, lemon zest and juice, mustard, parsley and seasoning.

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Lemon Zest