Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lentils with rice. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lentils with Rice is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Lentils with Rice is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have lentils with rice using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lentils with Rice:
- Take 1 cup brown or green lentils
- Take 2 leeks, white and light green parts only, roots trimmed
- Get 2 1/4 teaspoons salt, more as needed
- Make ready 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Get 2 garlic cloves, minced
- Prepare 3/4 cup long-grain rice
- Get 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- Get 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- Make ready 1 bay leaf
- Get 4 cups trimmed and chopped spring greens (chard leaves, spinach, kale, mustard green pr a combination (or 4 large onions)
Throw the lentils into a medium saucepan. Serve with the reserved caramelized onions, toasted pine nuts, if using, and a little squeeze of lemon juice. These lentils and rice cook together in one pot, and feed a crowd. Pair these lentils and rice with grilled chicken or fish and a green salad for a perfectly balanced and delicious family dinner.
Instructions to make Lentils with Rice:
- Place lentils in a large bowl and add warm tap water to cover by 1 inch. Let soak.
- Meanwhile, halve leeks lengthwise; run under warm water to release any grit. Thinly slice leeks crosswise
- Heat oil in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat. Add leeks and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and crispy, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer half the leeks to a bowl to use for garnish and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Stir garlic into the pot with the remaining leeks and cook for 15 seconds until fragrant. Stir in rice and sauté 2 minutes. Stir in cumin, allspice and cayenne; sauté 30 seconds.
- Drain lentils and stir into pot. Add 4 1/4 cups water, 2 teaspoons salt, bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Bring to a simmer. Cover and cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Rinse greens in a colander and spread damp leaves over lentil mixture. Cover and cook 5 minutes more, until rice and lentils are tender and greens are wilted. Remove from heat and let stand, covered, for 5 minutes. Serve sprinkled with reserved crispy leeks
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