Chicken and Lentil Stew: ~300cal, ~40g carbs, and ~30g protein

Chicken and Lentil Stew: ~300cal, ~40g carbs, and ~30g proteinHey /r/fitness. You all have helped me quite a bit, so when I made this stew the other week, I figured I'd share it. I came up with it because I'm trying to eat between 3100 and 3500 clean calories a day, and needed to make sure I had something quick and easy to eat when I get home from the gym in the evenings. Chicken and Lentil Stew The goods: Large crockpot (mine is 7 or 8 quarts) 1.25lbs chicken breast 1 cup dried split peas 1 cup lentils 1 large sweet potato (should be around 8-12oz) 1/2 onion 4c water 32oz beef or chicken stock 1/4c white wine Juice of 1/2 lemon 1/2 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp pepper 2tbsp herbs de provence (can do without) 1/2 tsp cumin Salt to taste The process: Dice the chicken breast and onion. Chop the carrot and sweet potato into bite sized pieces. Add these to the crock pot, then add the lentils and peas. Add seasoning, except for salt. Add broth, wine, lemon juice, and water. Set to cook for longest duration possible (I use 10 hours). Add salt. Notes: You can also make this with stew beef, which I did the first time around. It was pretty good. If you use beef, definitely sub red wine in for white. Or, you might try chicken thighs if you want to up the fat content. Coupled with a sweet potato, this should get you in the neighborhood of 500-600 well balanced calories with a decent amount of fiber, according to MyFitnessPal. submitted by /u/maca77aq [link] [comments]

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