Slow-Cooker Lentils with Chicken and Kale

This easy and basic recipe cooks all day in your slow cooker and is ready when you are. It's easy to fit your family's taste by changing the seasonings and/or meat. (Next time, I am going to try adding some bacon. Serve with your favorite starch: rice, noodles, or potatoes.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 9 hr
• Total Time: 9 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 511 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 bay leaf
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 cup sliced onion
• 1 tablespoon dried thyme
• ½ cup white wine
• 1 ½ cups chopped kale
• 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
• 1 (15 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1 ½ cups dry lentils
• 1 pound chicken, white meat only (Optional)
• ½ cup chicken stock, or more as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Season chicken with salt and pepper. Place in the slow cooker with lentils, kale, onion, olive oil, and garlic. Cook on High for 1 to 2 hours.

Step 2

Place crushed tomatoes, white wine, stock, thyme, and bay leaf into the slow cooker. Reduce setting to Low and cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, at least 8 hours.