Page Contents: Recipe
I wanted to come up with a recipe that would make use of the Varoma to cook chicken and a suitable vegetable to go with it. The eggplant and lentil mixture is a Thermomix conversion of an Eggplant and Lentil Salad from a recipe book I have called Meals Made Easy (Murdoch Books, 2010).
Chicken Drumsticks with Eggplant and Lentils
Cook eggplant and lentils in the Thermomix bowl to make a tasty side - while steaming chicken in the Varoma.
Ingredients
- 1 small red onion peeled and quartered
- 3 cloves garlic peeled
- 40 g light olive oil
- 300 g eggplant halved lengthwise then cut into 0.5cm pieces
- 1/4 tsp ground cumin
- 200 g puy (French) lentils rinsed
- 35 g Thermomix vegetable stock concentrate
- 350 g water
- 1/2 bunch flat leaf parsley leaves only, roughly chopped
- 20 g red wine vinegar
- 20 g extra virgin olive oil
- 8 chicken drumsticks
- Salt and pepper to season
Instructions
- Put onion into the Thermomix bowl and chop for 4 seconds/Speed 5
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add cumin and 20g of oil and cook with the measuring cup (MC) off for 2 minutes | Varoma | Speed 1
- Add eggplant and cook with the MC off for 5 minutes | Varoma | Reverse | Speed soft
- Remove to a Thermoserver to keep warm
- Put garlic into the Thermomix and chop for 3 seconds | Speed 5
- Scrape down sides, add remaining oil and cook with MC off for 1 minute | 100C | Speed 1
- Arrange chicken in the Varoma bowl and tray, season with salt and pepper and assemble
- Add lentils, stock and water into the Thermomix bowl, put the Varoma on top and cook for 25 – 30 minutes | Varoma | Reverse | Speed soft (or until juices in the chicken run clear)
- Remove Varoma, add eggplant mixture, parsley, vinegar and extra virgin olive oil into the Thermomix bowl and mix together for 1 minute | Reverse | Speed soft; using the spatula to help combine the contents
You may also like…
[Last updated: March 4, 2014]]
