Recipe For Chicken Thighs And Lentils

The skillet will be very full.

Recipe for chicken thighs and lentils. Add thyme bay leaf mustard lentils stock and wine. Check the chicken and lentils for doneness. Then add browned chicken to the dutch oven and push them down into the liquid.

Step 2 meanwhile in a baking dish drizzle the chicken. Simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. Add the stock whole garlic cloves carrot leek bell pepper lentils and thyme and bring to a boil.

Turn down the heat add the remaining oil and fry the onion for 5 mins until softened. You might need to do this in 2 batches depending on the size of the casserole. Carefully slide into the oven and bake for 25 30 minutes uncovered.

Mix together the yoghurt mint and lime zest. Carve the chicken thighs into pieces and place next to the lentils. Nestle in the chicken thighs and add any juices that are on the plate.

The lentils should be tender and chicken should have an internal temperature of 165 f 75 c. To serve spoon the lentils onto serving plates. Meanwhile in a separate skillet add 1 tbsp 15 ml canola oil and sauté chicken thighs in one or two batches until nicely browned don t worry about cooking them through.