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Chicken, Red Lentil and Veggie Sauce


  • Author: The road to loving my Thermo Mixer
  • Total Time: 36

Description

A meal usingonly ONE chicken breast that can be spread across two nights – use half over pasta with veggies on the side and the remaining half in puff pastry for pies the following night. Budget cooking at its best!


Ingredients

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  • 1 large chicken breast, chopped into 6 pieces
  • 1 large brown onion, peeled and quartered
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 10g olive oil
  • 2 carrots, roughly chopped
  • 1 small zucchini, roughly chopped
  • 1 small green capsicum, roughly chopped
  • 50g baby spinach leaves
  • 20 basil leaves
  • 50g rinsed dry red lentils
  • 300g jar tomato salsa
  • 300mls water
  • 40g tomato paste, one with additional herbs is good for a flavour boost
  • 1 large tablespoon of vegetable stock concentrate, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Add all vegetables and herbs to bowl.
  2. Blitz on speed 7 until fine.
  3. Add oil and chicken.
  4. Cook on 100 degrees, softest speed for 5 mins.
  5. Add remaining ingredients.
  6. Cook on 100 degress, speed 2 for 20 minutes.
  7. If your chicken is still quite chunky give the mix a quick blitz on reverse, speed 5 for 4-6 seconds to help break it up ever so slightly.
  • Prep Time: 10
  • Cook Time: 26