Chicken with Puy lentils, lemon and herbs
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- serves 2
Ingredients
- 650ml chicken stock
- 100g Puy lentils
- olive oil
- 2 chicken breasts, skin on
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 lemon, juice and zest
- a small bunch parsley, roughly chopped
Method
- STEP 1
Put 500ml of the chicken stock into a pan. Add the lentils and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a non-stick frying pan.
Put the chicken breasts in skin-side down and cook until the skin is golden brown. Turn over and cook for 5-6 minutes add the garlic to the pan, stir for a minute, then add the rest of the stock, lemon juice and zest and simmer for a couple of minutes.
Drain the lentils and toss through the parsley. Slice the chicken and serve on a bed of lentils with the pan juices spooned over.
