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Pulses and legumes. They鈥檙e filling, nourishing, super versatile and cheap and yet many of us would be lucky to eat them more than once or twice a month. Would it encourage you if I told you they鈥檙e necessary, yes necessary, for a balanced diet?听
This one-pot dish is tasty and wonderfully easy to throw together.听
Serves 4听
Ingredients听
1 400g tin lentils, drained听
2 tbsps olive oil听
4-6 pieces chicken, skin on, bone in听
1 onion, diced听
1 carrot, peeled and diced听
Few sprigs of rosemary听
1 cup vegetable to chicken stock (can use water)听
2 tbsps pomegranate molasses听
Salt and pepper to season听
Small handful parsley to garnish听
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Method听
1. Heat oil in rinsed saucepan and brown chicken.
2. Add onion, carrots and rosemary and saut茅 for 2-3 minutes.
3. Pour in stock and pomegranate molasses, cover and simmer for 25 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
4. Add in lentils and simmer with lid off for 5-10 minutes. Taste and season with salt and pepper.听
5. Garnish with parsley and serve with salad.听
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Make it your own:听
Use cannellini beans in place of lentils.听
Change it up with some grated ginger and soy sauce in place of rosemary and pomegranate molasses.听
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