Chicken, leek and lentil casserole

I had some chicken pieces and some leeks to use, so I made this. The lentils were in the cupboard and I hadn't used any before, so I threw some in! The vegetables can easily be changed if desired.

Serves 3–4. Preparation time: 20 minutes. Cooking time: 1½h.

Ingredients

Chicken joints
1 large onion
2 leeks
1 potato
1 carrot
200g lentils
2 cloves garlic
dried mixed herbs
black peppercorns
1 stock cube
water

Oven method

Set oven to 200°C (fan oven: 180°C)

Wash chicken, put in casserole
Dice onion. Chop leeks, potato and carrot into large chunks. Crush garlic. Put it all in the dish
Add the lentils, some herbs, some peppercorns (6 or so) and stock cube
Add enough boiling water to nearly cover the meat
Cook for 1½ hours

Serve with long-grain rice.