Spanish Lentil Stew
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This recipe is a variation of a recipe from Spain on a Fork. It has plenty of flavor with it’s Spanish heritage and it makes a healthy and filling meal. You can be prepared the day before and then finished the day you’ll serve it. We like to serve this with some biscuits or garlic bread.
Spanish Lentil Stew
Category
Soups
Persons
8
Serving Size
Bowl
Prep Time
40 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour, 30 minutes
Total Time
2 hours, 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 2-3 slices of bacon
- 4 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 onion finely diced
- 1 green bell pepper finely chopped
- 1 red bell pepper finely chopped
- 8 cloves garlic roughly minced
- 2 tsp smoked paprika (or, 2 tsp sweet paprika + 2-3 drops of liquid smoke)
- 1# of cubed ham or sliced sausage
- 1 tsp cracked black pepper
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 2 cup uncooked brown lentils
- 4 small potatoes cut into small 1/2 inch pieces
- 2 carrots thinly sliced
- 2 quarts of chicken, turkey or ham broth
- 2 bay leaf
- Kosher salt (save for the end, to keep the lentils from getting tough).
- Parsley
Instructions
- Set your oven to 250 degrees F
- Heat your stock pot over medium heat. When hot, add the oil.
- Fry the bacon in the stock pot, and remove when done.
- Add the onion, bell peppers & minced garlic to the pot and mix through.
- Add the ham or sausage and stir through.
- Crumble the bacon and add to the pot.
- After about 5 minutes, add in the paprika and stir through quickly so that the paprika doesn’t burn.
- Add the tomato sauce, raise the heat to a medium-high and simmer.
- Meanwhile, measure out 2 cups of lentils into a sieve and rinse under cold running water, sort out any debris or bad lentils.
- Add the lentils and stir through. If making this the day before, this is the good place to stop.
- Add the stock, the 2 bay leaves, potatoes, and carrots and season with the black pepper. Mix it all together and bring to a boil, then cover and place in the oven for 1-1.5 hours
- When cooked, season to taste with kosher salt and stir through.
- Serve in shallow bowls and garnish with finely parsley, enjoy!