Lentils With Chicken (ww)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 celery, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped (i only used 2)
• 1 teaspoon rosemary
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel (not included in the original recipe)
• 1 (15 ounce) can chicken broth
• tomato (original recipe calls for tomatoes that include fennel and red pepper ( i used tomatoes with no adde)
• 3/4 cup lentils (see note in description)
• 4 chicken thighs, skinless
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan over medium heat and heat the oil and then add the vegetables and herbs (carrots -pepper) and cook for 5-10 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• 2 stir in the broth, tomatoes and lentils and bring to a boil. reduce heat and simmer covered for 45 minutes.
• 3 while lentils are cooking prepare the chicken by preheating the oven to 325 degrees f. sprinkle chicken with salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• 4 spray skillet with pam and set it over medium heat. add chicken and brown chicken. add 2/3 cup broth to skillet (i skipped this step) and bring to a boil. cover and bake until chicken is done (30 minutes).
• 5 stir chicken juices in with the lentils.
• 6 to serve, top lentils with the chicken and then sprinkle with parsley.