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Curry Lentils with Chicken

Lentils, chicken and tomatoes slow-cooked and spiced with curry powder and cumin for a South Asian curry.

5 hr 10 min · Serves 6 · Takes some skill

Serves
6

Ingredients

Time
Prep 10 min · Cook 300 min · 310 min total
Difficulty
hard
  1. 1

    Put all ingredients but the cilantro in the crock pot. If you want your chicken in a 'shredded' like consistency, put it in now, if you want it less done, add about 1.5 hours before you want to eat it in chunks.

    90 min
  2. 2

    Leave to cook overnight or start in the morning for dinner. Taste to season with salt and pepper and add fresh cilantro.

  3. 3

    Can be eaten alone or with rice. Can be cooked on the stove top as well, but the crockpot is easiest.

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