Embark on a culinary journey with our delightful Chicken Ragout with Lentils and Pearl Onions, a symphony of flavors that will tantalize your taste buds. This classic French dish features tender chicken simmered in a rich, savory sauce, accompanied by earthy lentils and sweet pearl onions. The harmonious blend of textures and flavors creates a hearty and comforting meal that is perfect for any occasion. This recipe guide offers a step-by-step approach to crafting this delectable dish, ensuring a successful cooking experience. Additionally, we have curated a collection of equally enticing recipes to expand your culinary horizons. From the vibrant flavors of Chicken Tikka Masala to the aromatic delight of Thai Green Curry, and the comforting warmth of Italian Sausage and Peppers, this article presents a diverse range of dishes that cater to various tastes and preferences. Let your taste buds embark on an unforgettable adventure as you explore these culinary delights.
Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!
LENTILS WITH PEARL ONIONS
Steps:
- Rinse lentils and drain. Place lentils, onions and bay leaf in medium large saucepan with enough water to cover by 1-inch. Bring to a simmer over medium heat then reduce heat to very low, cover, and cook very gently 20 minutes. Uncover, stir in salt, and add water if necessary to just cover the lentils. Continue cooking gently, covered, 10 to 25 minutes until lentils are just cooked through (creamy, not floury in the center, but not mushy either).
- Frozen pearl onions are a super easy way to introduce a savory note to legumes as they are cooking. Lentils are the quickest cooking member of the legume family and need no soaking since the seed coat is very thin.
CHICKEN RAGOûT WITH LENTILS AND PEARL ONIONS
Steps:
- Combine first 7 ingredients in heavy medium saucepan. Simmer until lentils are just tender, about 25 minutes (mixture will be soupy). Remove from heat.
- Heat oil in large deep nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken to skillet; cook until brown on both sides, about 5 minutes. Transfer to plate. Add pearl onions to skillet; sauté until golden, about 5 minutes. Transfer to plate with chicken. Add wine to skillet; boil until reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Add lentil mixture, chicken, onions and vinegar. Cover and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with parsley and serve.
RAGOûT OF PEARL ONIONS, PEAS AND ARTICHOKES
Categories Onion Side Roast Sauté Quick & Easy Artichoke Pea Spring Bon Appétit
Yield Makes 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Cook onions in large pot of boiling water 2 minutes. Drain and cool. Peel onions.
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Transfer onions to rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Toss to coat. Bake until tender and golden, shaking pan occasionally to turn onions and brown, about 35 minutes.
- Melt 1 tablespoon butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute. Add stock; boil until liquid is reduced to 1 cup, about 10 minutes. Add onions, artichokes and peas; simmer until onions and peas are crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Add 4 tablespoons butter; stir until melted. Season with salt and pepper.
MOROCCAN CHICKEN AND LENTILS
Categories Chicken Garlic Onion Poultry Appetizer Side Sauté Vinegar Lentil Winter Cinnamon Potluck Parsley Bon Appétit Sugar Conscious Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Makes 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Combine 8 cups water and 1 teaspoon salt in heavy large saucepan over high heat. Add lentils; bring to boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium, and simmer until lentils are tender, about 20 minutes. Drain well; rinse with cold water and drain again. Place in large bowl.
- Whisk 1 cup olive oil, vinegar, 2 tablespoons cumin, 2 tablespoons chili powder, garlic, and 1 teaspoon salt in large measuring cup. Pour 1 cup dressing over warm lentils and toss. Cool.
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in large skillet over high heat. Add onion; sauté until dark brown and soft, about 5 minutes. Add chicken; sauté 2 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon cumin, 2 teaspoons chili powder, and cinnamon. Sauté until chicken is cooked through, about 3 minutes longer.
- Arrange lentils on large platter. Place sliced chicken atop lentils. Drizzle with remaining dressing and sprinkle with parsley. (Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)
WINE-BRAISED CHICKEN WITH PEARL ONIONS
This is a family favorite handed down from my grandmother in London. She made it for every family gathering. It was always the first food to go on the table and the first one to disappear. -Wayne Barnes, Montgomery, Alabama
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 7h10m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place chicken and onions in a 4-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine soup, wine and seasonings; pour over chicken and onions. Cook, covered, on low 7-8 hours or until chicken is tender., Remove chicken; skim fat from cooking juices. Serve cooking juices with chicken and rice. If desired, sprinkle with parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 444 calories, Fat 22g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 157mg cholesterol, Sodium 990mg sodium, Carbohydrate 15g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 44g protein.
CHICKEN AND LENTILS
This recipe is an unusual dish that all the family loves and is requested by all from the smallest to the adults. Don't let the 'lentil' ingredient scare you. It is absolutely delicious and very nutritious. It is the dish most often requested in our home. The recipe directions look complicated, but are very simple.
Provided by Lorraine Friberg
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken
Time 1h30m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook the chicken pieces 5 minutes on each side, or until juices run clear. Remove chicken from skillet, and set aside.
- Place onion in the skillet, and cook 5 minutes, until tender. Mix in the carrot and garlic. Stir in the lentils and broth, and season with salt. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes.
- Return chicken to skillet. Cover, and continue cooking 20 minutes. If the mixture becomes too dry, add a little water to just moisten.
- Stir tomato sauce into the skillet. Season with rosemary and basil. Continue cooking 10 minutes, or until lentils are tender. Stir in lemon juice, and serve warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 308.3 calories, Carbohydrate 18.7 g, Cholesterol 68.1 mg, Fat 13.5 g, Fiber 6.2 g, Protein 27.8 g, SaturatedFat 3.4 g, Sodium 816.5 mg, Sugar 4.8 g
CHICKEN RAGOUT WITH ONIONS AND RED WINE
SCRUMPTIOUS! This is my absolute hands-down favorite chicken recipe. I adapted it from Julia Child's book "The Way to Cook". It will really impress any guests and they will return for seconds and thirds. It can be made very inexpensively with chicken thighs. You may also adapt for the crockpot just brown the chicken before hand and you may have to double the thickening agents to adjust the sauce before serving. Prep time includes the browning of the chicken. Make sure you have lots of bread to dip in the delicious sauce! Enjoy!
Provided by Monica in PA
Categories Chicken
Time 45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Brown chicken in large skillet on both sides in butter and oil.
- Remove chicken from pan and set aside, leaving the liquid in the pan.
- Add onions to the pan and saute till tender on moderate heat.
- Drain liquid over sieve into small bowl.
- Remove any unwanted fat.
- Set liquid aside.
- Season the chicken parts with salt/pepper and return to pan.
- Add tomato sauce, garlic, bay leaves, and thyme.
- Add enough wine and chicken stock to cover chicken parts.
- Simmer for at least 20 minutes uncovered.
- Remove chicken and place on platter.
- Pour juices and onions into saucepan and adjust seasonings.
- You may add more garlic, thyme, salt and pepper.
- In small bowl whisk together flour and butter (or wine).
- Add to the sauce and simmer until the sauce coats the back of a spoon.
- You may need to double the thickening agents if you have lots of juice.
- Pour sauce over chicken on platter and garnish with parsley.
- Serve with rice and crusty bread.
ROAST CHICKEN WITH ASPARAGUS, MOREL, AND PEARL-ONION RAGOûT
Categories Chicken Mushroom Onion Vegetable Roast Dinner Asparagus Spring Gourmet Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Blanch onions in boiling salted water 1 minute. Drain in a colander and rinse under cold running water to stop cooking. Trim root ends and peel.
- Pat chicken dry. Coat a 17- by 12-inch flameproof roasting pan with oil and put chicken in pan. Rub 2 tablespoons softened butter into skin over entire chicken. Season chicken inside and out with salt and pepper. Put 1 lemon half in cavity and squeeze remaining half over chicken.
- Roast chicken in middle of oven 20 minutes. Baste chicken, then continue to roast, basting about every 7 minutes, 20 minutes more. Scatter onions around chicken and continue to roast, turning onions and basting every 7 to 8 minutes, until chicken is golden and a thermometer inserted into fleshy part of a thigh registers 170°F (juices will run clear), 25 to 35 minutes more.
- Once chicken begins roasting, soak morels in warm water 20 minutes. Lift mushrooms out of water, squeezing excess liquid back into bowl, and reserve liquid. Rinse morels thoroughly to remove grit and squeeze dry. Trim any tough stems.
- Pour reserved soaking liquid through a sieve lined with several layers of cheesecloth or a paper towel into a small bowl.
- Cut asparagus diagonally into 2-inch lengths. Arrange on a steamer rack and sprinkle with kosher salt. Steam asparagus, covered, over boiling water until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes, then transfer to a bowl of ice water to stop cooking.
- Transfer roast chicken to a platter, then discard string and cover chicken loosely with foil. Transfer onions and pan juices to 2 separate small bowls (do not clean roasting pan). Skim and discard fat from juices.
- Set roasting pan over a burner. Add wine and deglaze by boiling over high heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits, until reduced to about 2 tablespoons. Add pan juices from bowl, any juices that have accumulated on platter (from chicken), mushroom-soaking liquid, and morels, then boil until liquid is reduced to about 1/3 cup.
- Cut remaining 2 tablespoons butter into pieces and add to morels with onions and asparagus. Cook over moderately high heat, shaking pan, until butter is just incorporated and vegetables are glazed. Season vegetables with salt and pepper and spoon around chicken.
Tips:
- For a richer flavor, use chicken thighs instead of breasts.
- Brown the chicken in batches to prevent overcrowding and ensure even cooking.
- Use a variety of vegetables for a more colorful and flavorful dish. Some good options include carrots, celery, and bell peppers.
- Add a bay leaf and a few sprigs of fresh thyme to the pot for extra flavor.
- Serve the chicken ragout with rice, pasta, or mashed potatoes.
Conclusion:
This hearty and flavorful chicken ragout is a great meal for a cold night. It's easy to make and can be tailored to your own preferences. With a few simple ingredients, you can create a delicious and satisfying dish that the whole family will enjoy.
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