Curried Chicken, Lentil & Mushroom Skillet

Submitted by Food Addict

"A gluten-free, comfort food dinner, completed in one skillet. (The secret is a hint of coconut! I use 'young coconut juice with pulp' to save on unnecessary sugar & calories. The plain yogurt stirred in at the end is not a necessity, but it does add a little tang and makes the sauce look nice & rich."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 (12 ounce) can coconut juice
• 1 1⁄2 cups chicken broth, low sodium, gluten free
• 1 cup green lentil
• 8 ounces mushrooms, fresh
• 12 green onions
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons plain yogurt

directions

1. Pound chicken breasts to flatten and cut into bite size chunks. Place pieces into bowl and sprinkle with curry & paprika, stir spices into chicken, set aside.
2. Clean and chop mushrooms, put into large skillet with 1 T olive oil and begin to cook down, stirring occassionally. Meanwhile chop up green onion, set aside a bit of the copped green tops for garnish and add the rest to skillet.
3. After about 8-10 minutes add the chopped chicken & the chopped onion and brown all together stirring often. Remove browned chicken mushroom mixture from skillet and put into a glass bowl. Set aside. No need to rinse out the skillet!
4. Add Chicken broth, coconut juice, chopped garlic, and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer as soon as it starts to boil and add in the lentils, cover, simmer, stirring occassionally, until lentils are tender (about 20-25 min).
5. Stir in 2 t cornstarch to thicken and mix well. Bring up to a boil to thicken and turn the heat back down.
6. Add back in the chicken mushroom mixture & heat through well.
7. Just before serving stir in 2 T Plain Yogurt & top with Green onion tops that were set aside earlier.

Reviews

[mama toto]

I'm sorry but we found this to be very bland, and didn't care for the lentil "mush". It was better the next day as leftovers after adding salt & more curry powder. I don't seem to be able to click the star rating but I would give it 3.