Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, lentils with rice. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Lentils with Rice is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Lentils with Rice is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
I used brown rice and cooked with the lentils with no problems. I used chicken stock for a bit more flavor. Cook at a boil until the lentils are just tender.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lentils with rice using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lentils with Rice:
- Get 1 cup brown or green lentils
- Get 2 leeks, white and light green parts only, roots trimmed
- Make ready 2 1/4 teaspoons salt, more as needed
- Make ready 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Prepare 2 garlic cloves, minced
- Get 3/4 cup long-grain rice
- Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- Take 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- Prepare 1 bay leaf
- Make ready 4 cups trimmed and chopped spring greens (chard leaves, spinach, kale, mustard green pr a combination (or 4 large onions)
Lentils And Rice Are The Best Meal Prep Meal and Freezer Meal. One thing I absolutely adore about this recipe is that it serves as a fantastic meal prep meal and freezer meal. The lentils and rice recipe is made so fast you can make it in the morning before going to work, add it to one of those amazing thermos containers and enjoy your hot lunch a couple hours later. Rice and lentils are both daily fare in much of India, but rarely are they cooked together.
Steps 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
An exception is made for the quite-quick-cooking red lentils, which are prepared in a manner not unlike. Leave the lentils and rice alone while they cook. Stirring will release the starches into the broth and make the whole mixture kind of sticky, and less appetizing. Find a nice low simmer, cover the pot, and let it be. Adjust the amount of liquid if needed.
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