Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, lentil stew (lentejas). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Lentil stew (lentejas) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Lentil stew (lentejas) is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Recipe Remix: Leftover stew makes great nachos. Menestra de lentejas is a traditional Ecuadorian lentil stew simmered with onion, pepper, tomato, garlic, cumin, and cilantro. Menestra is served with rice and thin grilled steaks or carne asada.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have lentil stew (lentejas) using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Lentil stew (lentejas):
- Prepare 250 gr. lentils
- Take 1 chorizo (or a few slices if you can't get a small sausage-shaped one)
- Prepare 100 gr. serrano ham
- Take 1 large onion
- Prepare 1 small glass of red wine
- Take 2 cloves (optional)
- Prepare 1 red pepper (optional)
- Make ready Half a small glass of olive oil
- Prepare 1 bayleaf
- Prepare 2 large carrots
- Make ready 3 small potatoes
- Prepare 2 cloves garlic
- Get 1 pinch saffron
- Make ready fresh parsley
- Prepare salt and pepper
This is a lentil stew recipe I learned in Spain. The onions, garlic, and incredible smoked paprika will delight your senses and please your guests. How to Freeze Vegan Winter Lentil Stew. To freeze, I suggest dividing the stew into single portions, cooling completely in the refrigerator over night, then.
Steps to make Lentil stew (lentejas):
- Soak the lentils for half an hour. Even though small lentils in packets usually don't need soaking, Spanish women tend to soak anyway
- Cut the ham and chorizo into dice-shaped pieces. Peel and wash the carrots and potatoes. Slice the carrots and halve the potatoes (unless they are very small). Wash and slice a small red pepper (optional).
- Drain the lentils and put them in a saucepan. Add enough water to cover them and add the ham, chorizo, carrots, potatoes, bayleaf, pepper, parsley, a little salt, saffron and wine. Also add the cloves if you want the lentils to have a slightly spicey air to them. Put the pan over a low heat and cover.
- Slice the onion and garlic and fry, stirring all the time. After a minute or so, add the sliced red pepper. This is optional and adds a slightly sweet flavour to the lentejas. When soft, add to the other ingredients in the saucepan.
- Let the lentil stew simmer for at least 40 minutes. Boil off any excess liquid at the end.
- Vegetarian Spanish lentils: To make a vegetarian version of Spanish lentil soup, just substitute the chorizo and ham for more vegetables. We recommend adding a little celery (not the leaves), 3 artichokes (without the stalk and outer leaves and cut into halves), 100gr wild mushrooms (if you can get any, otherwise normal ones, washed and sliced), a sprig of rosemary, a piece of lemon peel and a pinch of nutmeg and a pinch of sweet paprika. Put all of these into the saucepan in step 3. You may also like to add a vegtable stock cube.
To cook the lentils: Put in a saucepan, cover with water. Warm and hearty lentil stew with a bacon, onion, carrot, celery base, and Italian sausage and parsley. Delicious and hearty Vegan Lentil Stew, so easy to prepare from everyday kitchen ingredients. Enjoy this hearty Vegan Lentil Stew, it is perfect comfort stew. It is loaded with carrots, potatoes, celery.
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