Curry Yogurt Chicken With Lentil Rice (Gluten Free)

Making curry can be tricky and it also can overwhelm your taste buds.  In this recipe I came up with I have marinated the chicken for 6 hrs with yogurt, hummus and curry.  It is such a flavorful dish.

Also I have included the rice and lentil recipe to go with this dish.  Enjoy everyone.

Ingredients For Marinated Chicken

4 Chicken Breasts
1 Cup Yogurt
1/2 Cup Hummus
2 Tsp Curry
3 Cloves Garlic (Sliced)
1 Tsp Diced fresh Ginger

• Now all you do is rinse off your chicken
• Grab a Ziploc bag, place chicken in bag
• Add your yogurt, hummus and curry
• Mix well in the bag and refrigerate for 6 hours or longer

Ingredients For Lentil and Rice

1 Cup of Brown Rice

1 Cup of Yellow Lentils

4 Cups of Chicken Stock

1/2 White Onion (Diced)

3 TBL Butter

1 TBL Cumin

1 Tsp Tumeric

Salt and pepper to taste

6 Garlic Cloves (minced)

1 Cup Peas

Making the Rice and Lentils

• First thing we do is preheat the oven to 385 degrees and get that ready for the chicken
• Now grab a medium sauce pan and add your lentils
• Add 2 cups of chicken broth
• And simmer for 20 minutes

• Now we dice the onions and garlic up for the rice/lentil mixture
• Grab a large saute pan and turn on medium
• Add your butter

• Ads your onions to the melted butter and caramelize for 20 minutes

• Add your spices to the caramelized onions

• As this cooks lets get the chicken out of the Ziploc bag and start to put it in the pan.
• Dice up your ginger and garlic and place on the top of the marinated chicken
• Mix together and place in the oven for 30 minutes

• As this bakes 
• Get your lentils, drain them
• Add your rice to the onion, garlic spice mixture and allow this to cook together for 3 minutes

• Add your lentils and mix together and add salt and pepper

• Allow it to cook together for 4 minutes
• Add your chicken stock and allow it to cook down 
• If rice is not all the way done add water (1 cup)

• As it cooks down
• Add your peas to the rice/lentil mixture and adjust seasoning

• Allow this to cook on low for about 5 minutes
• Add more salt and pepper to your desire
• Take the chicken out of the oven

• Now it is time to plate this great dish

• Pour some of the sauce over the chicken so that the rice absorbs some of that flavor
• Great weekend dish

Enjoy everyone.  Have a wonderful day