One-pot Lentil Chicken

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 4 slices bacon, trimmed and chopped
• 4 chicken thighs, bone in, skin removed
• 2 onions, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 4 teaspoons all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons tomato paste
• 1 1/4 cups dry wine
• 1 2/3 cups chicken stock
• 6 ounces green lentils
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 7 ounces chestnut mushrooms, halved if large
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a non-stick wide, shallow pan, add bacon and fry briskly until lightly coloured, then lift on to a plate.
• 2 add the chicken and fry on each side until lightly brown. set aside with the bacon.
• 3 tip onion and garlic into the pan and cook for 5 minutes. stir in the flour and tomato paste, then stir over a low heat for 2-3 minutes.
• 4 add the wine, stock, lentils and thyme. bring to the boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
• 5 stir in the mushrooms. add the bacon and chicken, pushing them under the liquid.
• 6 cover and simmer for 30 minutes, or until lentils are tender and the chicken cooked. season with salt and pepper.