Simple Way to Make Homemade Lentils with Rice

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, lentils with rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Fried onions are mixed with rice and lentils, and topped with yogurt or sour cream. Stir rice and enough water to cover into the saucepan with the lentils. Remove from heat and stir in the well-browned onions. Lentils, rice, veggies and LOTS of spices make this one-pot meal a dinnertime champion!

Lentils with Rice is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Lentils with Rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have lentils with rice using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lentils with Rice:

1. Prepare brown or green lentils
2. Get leeks, white and light green parts only, roots trimmed
3. Make ready salt, more as needed
4. Take extra-virgin olive oil
5. Prepare garlic cloves, minced
6. Make ready long-grain rice
7. Get ground cumin
8. Take ground allspice
9. Make ready cayenne
10. Prepare bay leaf
11. Make ready trimmed and chopped spring greens (chard leaves, spinach, kale, mustard green pr a combination (or 4 large onions)

This is perfectly but separately cooked Lentils and Rice still all in one pot! 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. Throw the lentils into a medium saucepan.

Instructions to make Lentils with Rice:

1. Place lentils in a large bowl and add warm tap water to cover by 1 inch. Let soak.
2. Meanwhile, halve leeks lengthwise; run under warm water to release any grit. Thinly slice leeks crosswise
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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

Pair these lentils and rice with grilled chicken or fish and a green salad for a perfectly balanced and delicious family dinner. Throw the lentils into a medium saucepan. Fill with enough cold water to cover the lentils by about Add the rice and cook, stirring often (but gently so you don't break the rice!) until some rice grains. These lentils and rice are incredibly versatile: you can use them as a taco filling, as a bowl meal, in nachos, or To make this Instant Pot brown rice and lentils taste smoky, we've used smoked paprika. Wash the dried Lentils and soak them for two hours.

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