Chicken & Lentils – One Pot Wonder

This Chicken and Lentil dish was pretty simple to make and very tasty.  I recommend it to you – with your own tweaks, of course.

Ingredients:

Oil

Chicken breast

½ can of lentils

Pickle juice – a splosh

Cream – say 100 mils

Paprika – to taste

Dijon mustard – 1 large spoonful

Salt and pepper

Tomato paste – 2 teaspoons

2 slices of ham

Small amount of onion

Cream cheese – 1 tablespoon

½ red chilli for garnish

Method:

Cut up the chicken into serving sizes – I left mine a bit largish.

Dice some onion

Heat your frypan, put in the oil and then fry off the onion for a little while.  Add the chicken and cook it on each side for a minute or two.

Slice up your ham into strips and add it to the chicken along with all the other ingredients.  Stir until the chicken is cooked through.  If it gets a bit thick just add a little water or cream.

Garnish with some red chilli.

Need Some Inspiration? Try Lentils & other pulses

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Thanks to Food on Friday: Lentils & Pulses  I now have a whole bundle of dishes to try out.  I have selected a handful of them for your delectation today.  To see the others at a glance, visit this Pinboard.

The top pic is of Ask Sarah's Warm Lentil, Cranberry & Haloumi Salad

 

Richly Braised Lentils by TIFFIN

 

Lentil Rice Cakes by Platter Talk

 

Orange Shallot Tofu served on a bed of Lentils by Life Currents

 

Spanish Chorizo with Haricot Beans by Mamacook

 

English Baked Beans by Small Wallet Big Appetite

Food on Friday: Lentils & dried pulses

 

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I really need help with how to use Lentils and other dried pulses.  About the only way I use them is in hearty winter soups.

To add your dishes to the collection, please put the name of the dish (plus your name/blog name if you like) into the first Mr Linky box and then paste the url for your post about it into the second one.

I know Mr Linky is a bit clunky but I'm sticking with it for sentimental reasons.  To help you see the dishes at a glance I'll be pinning them all to this Pinboard.