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Nutrition: Per serving

  • kcal517
  • fat14g
  • saturates2g
  • carbs36g
  • sugars12g
  • fibre13g
  • protein55g
  • salt1.5g
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Method

  • step 1

    Put the chicken breasts between two sheets of baking parchment and, using a rolling pin, roll to a 1cm thickness. Rub with the paprika, lemon zest, ½ tbsp oil, salt and pepper. Cover and set aside while you start the lentils.

  • step 2

    Heat the remaining oil in a pan and add the garlic, fennel seeds and fennel slices with a pinch of salt. Cook for 5 mins until starting to soften, then tip in the tomatoes, vinegar and lentils. Turn down the heat and leave to bubble away.

  • step 3

    Heat another non-stick frying pan over a high heat, add the chicken breasts and cook for 7 mins, turning halfway, until golden brown and cooked through. Add the watercress to the lentils and stir to wilt, then squeeze in the lemon juice. Slice the chicken then serve it alongside the lentils with a dollop of yogurt and dill.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2018

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A star rating of 4.2 out of 5.12 ratings

James Wallace 1

question

Hi, the cherry tomatoes in the recipe - is that fresh tomatoes, or chopped tomatoes? Or does it not really matter? Thank you.

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. We used a can of cherry tomatoes (not fresh ones) as they're slightly sweeter than regular canned chopped tomatoes, however either would be fine. We hope this helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

joni.farrington

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Shoud this read,One small fennel bulb? I just didn’t have enough liquid for it to ’bubble away’, as stated, with all the fennel and lentils. I added a second tin of tomatoes and even then it stuck to the pan as there wasn’t enough liquid.

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. Yes a small-medium fennel bulb would be enough in this recipe. You can add half a tin of water (to rinse out the cherry tomato can) if you need extra liquid and bubble it gently over a low heat. We hope this helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

Eddi

Great recipe - used fennel seeds but not the bulb - felt it was just too strong a flavour. I served with green beans on the side. Really delicious.

My husband (who likes potatoes with everything) was sold on this one so it's on our regular menu now.

Ellbee123

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Great recipe overall - very tasty. I'm not a fan of fennel so just swapped this for sliced courgette and cooked in the same way, and it worked well. The only issues I have with this are that it seems impossible to buy a 200g pouch of puy lentils, so you may be best just upping this to 250g and…

hrmeverson04782

Hi, I found that if you bash them down to 1cm thin they cooked in time for me - it may just be that your stove doesn't go as hot or they were larger chicken breasts. I would say that the provided cooking time worked.

sophie_ivens

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Super easy, tasty and a suprising combination. Liked it a lot. My husband dislikes fennel and lentils (I thought I'd give it another try) and suprinsingly liked it! Only halve a lemon leftover and just the right amount! Will make again!

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