Spare Veges Chicken Casserole With Puy Lentils Recipes

CREAMY CHICKEN-VEGETABLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In an extra-large skillet cook and stir mushrooms, sweet pepper, onion, and garlic in hot butter over medium heat until tender. Stir in flour, salt, thyme, and black pepper. Slowly stir in milk; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Stir in spinach, rice, Grilled & Ready® Diced Chicken, and 1/4 cup of the Parmesan cheese.
• Spoon mixture into a 2-quart rectangular baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese. Bake, covered, 20 minutes. Uncover and bake about 10 minutes more or until heated through. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

CHICKEN VEGETABLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sour cream until smooth. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and sage; add to creamed mixture. Spread into a greased 3-qt. baking dish. , In a large bowl, combine the vegetables, chicken, soup and onion. Pour over crust; sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 35-40 minutes or until heated through.

SPARE VEGES CHICKEN CASSEROLE WITH PUY LENTILS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
• Place the lentils, bay leaf, water and crumbled stock cube in a saucepan. Heat until just boiling, then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• Whilst the lentils are cooking, heat 1T of the olive oil in a stove top to oven pan (like Le Creuset etc).
• Brown the chicken & remove from the pan.
• Saute the onions & garlic in the same pan until translucent. Remove from the pan.
• Add the bacon (and the extra olive oil if necessary) and brown.
• Return the chicken & onions/garlic to the pan & add the thyme, vegetables & lentils. Stir to combine.
• Add salt & pepper to taste, along with the bay leaves and stock (because I have a Le Creuset pan I don't need as much stock, however you may wish to add a little bit more during cooking).
• Cover and cook for 30 minutes.
• Make a paste with the flour & butter, and after 30 minutes whisk this through the casserole to thicken. Return to the oven and cook for another hour, or until the vegetables are just softened.
• Stir through the cream, grind over extra black pepper if necessary, and serve.