Steps to Prepare Any-night-of-the-week Lentil stew with crusty bread

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lentil stew with crusty bread. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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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. It's too low in the photo above. Remove the bay leaves and serve with a wonderful loaf of warm, crusty bread and your favorite glass of Rioja. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Enjoy with a slice of crusty bread!

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook lentil stew with crusty bread using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil stew with crusty bread:

1. Get 1 cup dried green lentils (soaked overnight - do not use tinned)
2. Make ready 1 medium sized onion diced
3. Get 2 ripe tomatoes diced
4. Take 2 medium sized carrots diced
5. Prepare 5 cloves garlic
6. Take 3 teaspoons ground cumin
7. Take 1 teaspoon ground all spice
8. Take 1 teaspoon ground coriander
9. Take 3 bay leaves
10. Prepare 2 tablespoons paprika
11. Make ready 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
12. Take 750 ml water for cooking
13. Get 2 long red chillies
14. Take Salt - according to your taste
15. Prepare 1 tablespoon black pepper
16. Take Variations to stew can be made for more vegetables to be added:
17. Take 2 small white eggplant diced
18. Take 2 green zucchini diced
19. Take 2 tablespoons harrissa

Plus it freezes well for later. Add more water if it gets too dry. Serve with a thick slice of crusty bread! The heartiest of eaters might like a little crusty bread on the side, but for most people, I think that a green salad would be sufficient accompaniment.

Steps to make Lentil stew with crusty bread:

1. Add the olive oil to a stock pot (large pot). Add the onion and cook until opaque on medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute stirring until fragrant. Add the sliced chillies leaving a few for garnish at the end.
2. Add the diced tomatoes and all of the spices (cumin, coriander, all spice, paprika, bay leaf, salt and pepper) and stir until combined. Add 250ml of the water to combine ingredients and cook for 3-5 minutes.
3. Add the lentils, carrots and the rest of the water. You can either soak them overnight to reduce cooking time or you can add more water (500ml) to recipe and cook them longer if you haven't soaked them. Cook from 1-3hrs on low heat. Keep an eye on them to make sure they aren't sticking to the bottom of your pot otherwise it will get a bitter burnt taste.
4. If the stew gets a bit thick simply add small amounts of water to avoid sticky stew or burning. It should have stew juices to soak up with crusty bread loaf or baguette.
5. When the lentils are soft you can stop cooking. Serve in bowls with warm crusty bread and garnish with sliced red chillies and fresh coriander leaves.
6. Bon appetit!

Serve with a thick slice of crusty bread! The heartiest of eaters might like a little crusty bread on the side, but for most people, I think that a green salad would be sufficient accompaniment. Serve the lentil & anchovy stew in bowls, each topped with four quarters of medium-boiled egg. This lentil stew with artichokes is vegan, gluten free, and really delicious. Lentils are always so comforting and filling, and they're loaded with protein.

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