Lunch & dinner

Mercimek çorbası with grilled chicken and bread

  • Lunch & dinner
  • Turkish
  • 35 min hands-on
  • Halal

Ingredients

One standard portion

  • 60g halal chicken breast
  • 3 slices of wholemeal bread
  • 15g olive oil (3 tsp)
  • 40g red lentils (dry weight)
  • 40g onion
  • 40g carrots

Season as the method describes. Spices, salt, lemon and water aren’t weighed or counted below.

Per portion

Calories
684kcal
Protein
41g
Carbs
82g
Fat
21g

Added up from each ingredient’s typical values per 100g. A standard portion is this meal’s share of a 2,000 kcal day.

Method

  1. Simmer the lentils with onion and carrot for twenty minutes; blend smooth.

  2. Finish with the oil, mint and pul biber.

  3. Serve with the grilled chicken and bread.

In a plan

This is one of the dishes our plans cook from, and plans serve it for lunch or dinner, or as the iftar meal in Ramadan. There, the halal chicken breast, wholemeal bread and olive oil are weighed out to your own numbers; everything else stays as written.

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General guidance, not medical advice. Please check with your doctor if you have a medical condition, are pregnant, or are new to exercise. Check every ingredient against your own allergies.