Schmaltzy Lentils With Chicken, Olives and Lemon

Name: Schmaltzy Lentils With Chicken, Olives and Lemon
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 50g Green Olives, pitted and roughly chopped; 1tbsp Olive Oil; 4 Skin On Chicken Breasts; 1tsp Sumac; 1tsp Ground Turmeric; 0.5 Lemon, half sliced and half juiced; 3 Garlic Cloves, finely chopped; 15g Parsley, finely chopped, to serve; 1 Red Onion, finely sliced; 500ml Low Salt Chicken Stock; 500g Cooked Puy Lentils, tomato flavoured if you can get them; 125g Kale, finely chopped

by Cherrypick

Poultry

4.3

5m prep time

35m total time

Easy level

12 ingredients

Schmaltzy Lentils With Chicken, Olives and Lemon recipe by Cherrypick

Golden chicken fat (schmaltz) adds flavour to the lentil and kale base in this hearty dish. It makes a moreish midweek meal.

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Heat the olive oil in a casserole dish or deep frying pan over a medium-high heat. Season the chicken all over and add to the pan, skin-side down. Cook for 6-8 mins until well browned and golden, then flip and cook for 2-3 mins until just golden, they don’t need to be cooked through at this point. Remove the chicken to a plate.

Step 2

Stir the onion and garlic into the chicken pan. Cook for 2-3 mins before stirring in the spices. Cook for 1-2 mins until fragrant, then splash in the chicken stock, scraping the bottom to remove any browned bits. Mix in the lentils, kale, lemon slices and olives.

Step 3

Bring to a simmer, nestle the chicken back in, skin-side up and cook for 8-10 mins until reduced and the chicken is cooked through. Season with the lemon juice and some black pepper, then garnish with the parsley to serve.

Ingredients
Based on 4 servings

50g Green Olives, pitted and roughly chopped 1 x Sainsbury's Pitted Green Olives 340g (150g*)
1tbsp Olive Oil 1 x Sainsbury's Olive Oil 500ml
4 Skin On Chicken Breasts 2 x Sainsbury's (Approx. 370g) British Corn Fed Chicken Skin on Breast Fillets (300g-400g)
1tsp Sumac 1 x Sainsbury's Sumac 45g
1tsp Ground Turmeric 1 x Sainsbury's Turmeric 48g
0.5 Lemon, half sliced and half juiced 1 x Sainsbury's Lemons
3 Garlic Cloves, finely chopped 1 x Sainsbury's Garlic
15g Parsley, finely chopped, to serve 1 x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Flat Leaf Parsley 30g
1 Red Onion, finely sliced 1 x Sainsbury's Red Onions Loose
500ml Low Salt Chicken Stock 1 x Kallo Very Low Salt Chicken Stock Cubes 6x8g
500g Cooked Puy Lentils, tomato flavoured if you can get them 2 x Merchant Gourmet Tomatoey French Puy & Green Lentils 250g
125g Kale, finely chopped 1 x Sainsbury's Kale 200g