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Red lentil salad with diced chicken

An everyday dish for 2, ready in 20 minutes, around $2.82 a serving. People actually plan it with Popotam.

20mintotal
≈ $2.82a serving
639kcalper serving
57gof protein
Freezes well
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Red lentil salad with diced chicken, a serving idea
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Step-by-step recipe

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  1. Prep the veggies

    Peel the carrots and dice them small. Peel the red onion and slice it thin.

  2. Cut the chicken

    Cut the 240 g of chicken breast into cubes of about 1.5 cm. Season them with salt and pepper.

  3. Cook the red lentils

    Pour the 200 g of lentils into the saucepan with 500 ml of cold water and a little salt. Bring to a boil, then simmer 10 min, until tender but still whole.

    Tip · Keep a close eye on red lentils: they go from tender to mush fast. Taste them from 8 min on and stop cooking as soon as they're tender.

  4. Sear the chicken

    Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in the skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the chicken cubes 6 to 8 min, stirring, until golden and white all the way through, with no pink.

    Tip · Cut a chicken cube in half to check: the inside should be white, with no pink, and the juices clear.

  5. Add the carrots

    While the chicken finishes cooking, add the diced carrot to the skillet for the last 3 minutes. Take it off the heat.

  6. Drain the lentils

    Tip the lentils into the colander and let them drain well for 2 min, shaking gently to get the water out.

  7. Make the dressing

    In the mixing bowl, mix the remaining 1 tbsp of olive oil, the 2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper.

  8. Put the salad together

    Add the drained lentils, chicken, carrots and red onion to the mixing bowl. Toss gently and taste to adjust the seasoning.

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How many calories in a serving?

One serving has about 639 kcal. 35% comes from carbs, 36% from protein and 23% from fat.

56 gCarbs
57 gProtein
16 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy639 kcal
Protein57.4 g
Carbs55.8 g
of which sugars11.6 g
Fat16.1 g
of which saturated fat2.8 g
Fiber19.7 g
Salt0.3 g

Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.

How much does it cost?

About $2.82 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.

≈ $5.65for 2 people
≈ $2.82a serving

Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.

How long does it keep?

2 days in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. After that, into the freezer it goes.

2 daysin the fridge
Yesin the freezer, thaw it in the fridge the day before

Times Popotam uses for meal prep, based on ANSES guidance, rounded down. The details: how long cooked dishes keep.

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