Chicken with Puy lentils, lemon and herbs

The perfect nutritious, filling meal. This dish pairs chicken breast with cholesterol-blasting, peppery puy lentils seasoned with lemon, garlic and parsley.

Chicken with Puy lentils, lemon and herbs

Ingredients
  

  • chicken stock 650ml
  • Puy lentils 100g
  • olive oil
  • chicken breasts 2 skin on
  • garlic 2 cloves finely chopped
  • lemon 1 juice and zest
  • parsley a small bunch roughly chopped

Instructions
 

  • 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.

Notes

Adapted from olivemagazine.com