Mujadara+

Ingredients

• 1,000 g brown lentils, cooked
• 700 g brown rice, cooked
• 400 g chicken breast, cooked
• 300 g onion, sliced
• 300 g spinach
• 50 g olive oil
• cumin, allspice, black pepper, to taste

Method

1. Caramelise the onions slowly in the oil — 20 minutes, low heat, until deep brown. Do not rush this step; it is what makes the mujadara taste like something rather than like diet food.
2. Fold through the warm lentils and rice with the spices.
3. Wilt the spinach through the residual heat.
4. Shred the chicken and fold in. Portion, cool, refrigerate. Cooling the rice and lentils builds resistant starch, which survives reheating.