Spiced chicken lentil salad This herb and spice-packed chicken lentil salad will have your palate dancing. Full of fabulous textures, colours and flavours this recipe is sure to delight. Main Salad Print this recipe Details Serves: 2To cook: 75 MinutesNumber of ingredients: 23Difficulty: easy-medium Nutrition per servingEnergy: 2714 kJProtein: 50.5gFat - Total : 21.1gFat - saturated: 4.9gCarbohydrate: 55.2gFibre: 21.4gSodium: 183mg Ingredients 戮 cup (150g) dried green lentils, rinsed, drained 1 clove garlic, peeled, bruised 1 dried bay leaf 录 butternut pumpkin (500g) 1 small carrot (70g) 1 small beetroot (beet) (100g), peeled 1 small red onion (100g), cut into wedges 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon ground cumin 陆 teaspoon mild paprika 陆 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves 录 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 200g (6陆-ounce) chicken breast fillet 陆 teaspoon each ground coriander and turmeric 陆 teaspoon ground cumin, extra 100g (3 ounces) radicchio, shredded 40g (1陆 ounces) goat鈥檚 cheese, crumbled 1 tablespoon micro red radish leaves Mustard dressing 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 teaspoons verjuice (e.g. unripened grape juice) 陆 teaspoon dijon mustard 2 teaspoons lime juice 1 small clove garlic, crushed Method 1听听听听听听听 Preheat oven to 200掳C/400掳F. Grease and line an oven tray with baking paper. 2听听听听听听听 Combine lentils, garlic and bay leaf in a medium saucepan. Cover well with water. Bring to the boil, reduce heat to low; simmer, covered, for 40 minutes or until tender. Drain; discard bay leaf and garlic. Transfer lentils to a large bowl. 3听听听听听听听 Meanwhile, cut pumpkin, carrot and beetroot into 2cm (戮-inch) pieces; combine with onion in a large bowl. Drizzle with 2 teaspoons of the oil; sprinkle with cumin, paprika and thyme, toss well to coat. Spread vegetable mixture on oven tray. Bake for 40 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking, or until tender. 4听听听听 Make mustard dressing: Place ingredients in a screw-top jar; shake well to combine. Season with pepper. 5听听听听听听听 Add vegetables, parsley and dressing to lentils; mix well. 6听听听听听听听 Rub remaining oil over the chicken, sprinkle with combined ground coriander, turmeric and extra cumin. Cook chicken on a heated grill plate (or grill or barbecue) over medium-high heat for 5 minutes each side or until cooked through. Remove from heat; stand, covered, for 5 minutes, before slicing. 7听听听听听听听 Arrange radicchio on serving plates, top with lentil salad, chicken, cheese and micro leaves.
