Barley & Lentils with Chicken Thighs (slow cooker)
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- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
1 box (32 oz) Chicken broth1 cup pearled barley1/4 cup lentils (any type, though my kids prefer French)1 Costco pkg organic chicken thighs (about 1 lb)Borsari (original) seasoned saltonion (chopped)garlic (I use Dorot frozen cubes)oil (enough for your frying pan)
If necessary, just toss it all in a smaller size (2-4 quart) crockpot, and cook on low for about 8 hours; high about 5 hours.
However, almost all slow cooker recipes will be much nicer if you first soften the onion/garlic in a frying pan, then brown the chicken in the fry pan, before dumping everything in the crockpot. This is also what I do if I don't have all day for the recipe to cook. By pre-cooking the chicken, a few hours on high is plenty to get the barley and lentils cooked to a nice consistency.
You'll need a little oil/fat in your fry pan to do it this way, reflected by the 1 tsp of coconut oil in my ingredient list.
Serving Size: about 1.5 cups, cooked (this easily feeds my family of 4)
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WILLOLEVIN.
However, almost all slow cooker recipes will be much nicer if you first soften the onion/garlic in a frying pan, then brown the chicken in the fry pan, before dumping everything in the crockpot. This is also what I do if I don't have all day for the recipe to cook. By pre-cooking the chicken, a few hours on high is plenty to get the barley and lentils cooked to a nice consistency.
You'll need a little oil/fat in your fry pan to do it this way, reflected by the 1 tsp of coconut oil in my ingredient list.
Serving Size: about 1.5 cups, cooked (this easily feeds my family of 4)
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WILLOLEVIN.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 168.2
- Total Fat: 3.2 g
- Cholesterol: 41.5 mg
- Sodium: 309.8 mg
- Total Carbs: 18.5 g
- Dietary Fiber: 4.0 g
- Protein: 12.5 g
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