Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chicken, lentil & spinach pasta. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

I added cumin and basil and omitted the rosemary, as my husband is arab and this dish, done this way, is more like his own culture's food. In a medium pot, combine lentils, chicken broth and salt. Meanwhile, preheat large skillet on high and spray with cooking spray.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chicken, lentil & spinach pasta using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken, lentil & spinach pasta:

1. Prepare 2 tsp oil
2. Prepare 1 onion chopped finely
3. Get 2 cloves garlic, crushed
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp chilli flakes (optional)
5. Get 150 gms chicken mince
6. Prepare 1/2 cup red lentils
7. Make ready 2 &half cups chicken stock
8. Make ready 2 tbsp tomato paste
9. Get 250 gms spinach leaves
10. Prepare 350 gms preferably shell pasta, or rigatoni
11. Take to taste Salt and Pepper
12. Get Grated parmesan

Add celery, carrots, onion, parsley, thyme, pepper, turmeric, sage and poultry seasoning. Then add lentils, stock, tomatoes, bay leaves, chili flakes, and chicken pieces. Check chicken and lentils for doneness. Turn oven off and turn on broiler feature.

Steps to make Chicken, lentil & spinach pasta:

1. Heat oil in medium pan, add garlic, chilli flakes and onions, until onions are translucent, add chicken, stir and cook until chicken has changed colour. Stir in lentils, season, add stock, tomato paste, simmer for 10 minutes or until lentils are cooked and sauce has thickened, add spinach, stir until wilted.
2. Meanwhile cook pasta as per package instructions, combine pasta with chicken sauce, transfer to large bowl, mix and serve with a sprinkling of parmesan
3. You could add a cup of white wine and reduce stock to enhance the flavour

Brown up the tomatoes for a minute or so then remove pan from oven and check lentils for seasoning. Add the lentils and cook: Once the chicken is browned on the sides, add in green lentils and cook for another minute. Add the chicken broth or water and lentils and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to maintain a very gentle simmer and add the chicken. Transfer the chicken thighs to a plate to cool.

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