Sunday, March 28, 2010

****Lentils and quinoa and chicken oh my!

Lentils:

onions
carrots
celery
garlic

2x as much stock as lentils

Braise for 45 minutes covered on low (check on after 30)


Cook quinoa (also with a 2 times as much water or stock as quinoa) covered for 12-15 minutes on low.

Meanwhile, cut up some chicken and season with salt, pepper or any other tasty seasonings you enjoy (add my own here)
Mince some garlic (depending on how much you LOVE garlic; I use a ton)

Heat up 2 tsp - 1 TB of olive oil on medium high and add the chicken pieces once it gets hot. Cook for 2 minutes on that side before flipping the pieces and cooking 2 more minutes on that side, add the garlic and cook until chicken becomes brown and glazey and delicious (about 6 minutes total) flipping periodically to check. Remove the chicken from the pan, add a splash of oil, spices/herbs and stir the quinoa into the oil and garlic, keeping the heat on and stirring till everything is heated and mixed. Serve the chicken pieces over the lentils and quinoa! Squeeze some lemon over all this and it's AMAZING!

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