Light Leftover Chicken Lunch
- water
- 1 cup jasmine rice
- 1/4 cup dry lentils
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce, or more to taste
- 3/4 cup frozen peas
- 1 cup cubed cooked chicken
- 1 dash ground cinnamon, or more to taste
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger, or more to taste
- Bring water, rice, lentils, 1 tablespoon olive oil, and salt to a boil in a pot over medium heat. Cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in soy sauce. Keep covered.
- Microwave peas on high in a microwave-safe bowl until partially thawed, 20 to 30 seconds.
- Microwave chicken on high in a microwave-safe bowl for about 45 seconds. Mix in peas and cinnamon.
- Coat the bottom of a serving dish with 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil. Sprinkle black pepper on top. Fill dish with the lentil-rice mixture, the chicken-pea mixture, and ginger; toss until evenly distributed.
water, jasmine rice, dry lentils, olive oil, kosher salt, soy sauce, frozen peas, chicken, ground cinnamon, extravirgin olive oil, ground black pepper, fresh ginger
Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/258551/light-leftover-chicken-lunch/ (may not work)