Chicken and Lentils in Peanut Sauce

I was looking for a different lentil recipe to make, and came up with Chicken and Lentils in Peanut Sauce.

Ingredients:

Lentils:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 bell pepper, chopped
• 1 cup diced carrots
• 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
• 2 cups water (I used chicken broth)
• 1 cup dry lentils, picked over and rinsed
• 1 pound frozen chicken breasts 
• 2 cups shredded kale, added at end
  

Peanut Sauce:

• 6 ounces hot water, 6 ounces dried unsweetened coconut flakes 
• 4 tbsp peanut butter
• 4 teaspoons ground ginger
• 4 cloves of garlic (or 1 - 2 teaspoons ground garlic)
• 2 tablespoon soy sauce 
• 2 to 4 tsp lime juice
• zest of two limes
• 4 tbsp chopped cilantro
• 4 teaspoons Sriracha sauce
• 1/4 tsp cayenne
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 Tbsp  sugar
• 1 tsp sesame oil

Instructions:

1. Sauté onion, bell peppers, and carrots in olive oil in Instant Pot for 5-8 minutes, stirring frequently.
2. Add the garlic, pepper, and salt, and sauté for another minute, stirring frequently.
3. Add 1 cup of chicken broth/water and stir to scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the pot.
4. Stir in the lentils and rest of chicken broth/water.
5. Nestle frozen chicken on top.
6. Seal Instant Pot, set for pressure cook on high pressure for 15 minutes.
7. Mix peanut sauce ingredients together.
   (I mixed the water and coconut flakes in food processor, then mixed in rest of sauce ingredients.)
   
8. Let the pressure release naturally.
9. Once the pressure is released, pill out chicken and shred, then stir back into lentils.
10.  Stir in shredded kale and the peanut sauce, let simmer a few minutes.
    

Carole's Notes:

 We liked this!

The recipe is adapted fromhttps://www.veganricha.com/lentils-in-peanut-sauce/#wprm-recipe-container-26545 and https://carolelikesroundfood.blogspot.com/2020/05/smoky-lentils-and-sausage.html