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Lentejas (Spanish Stewed Lentils)
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Lentejas (Spanish Stewed Lentils) is Spanish home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the lentils well in a colander; there is no need to soak them beforehand.
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Heat the olive oil in a large pot and cook the chopped onion, garlic, carrot, and green pepper over medium heat until softened, about 8 minutes.
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Stir in the paprika and the chopped tomato and cook for 2 minutes until fragrant.
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Add the lentils, the diced potato, the bay leaf, and the broth, bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer uncovered for 40 to 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the lentils are tender and the stew has thickened.
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Season with the salt, fish out the bay leaf, and let the pot rest a few minutes so it settles before ladling into bowls.
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Serve it with
A Spanish lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Lentejas (Spanish Stewed Lentils), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Lentejas (Spanish Stewed Lentils) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 390 kcal
- Protein
- 20 g
- Carbs
- 50 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fiber
- 11 g
- Sugar
- 6 g
- Sodium
- 520 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Lentejas (Spanish Stewed Lentils) takes about 70 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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