In our country, lentils are not as popular as in other countries. For example, in Greece, doctors advise eating it at least once a week. This product is not only very tasty, but also extremely healthy. He is especially rich in iron. There are many ways to cook lentils. It can be cooked in a pan, baked in a pot or steamed in a slow cooker. We offer some simple recipes for lentils with vegetables and meat. Dishes prepared on their basis are very tasty.
Lentils with meat
It’s worth starting with the easiest thing you can think of. This is a common option for creating meat dishes. For him you will need:
- 250 grams of red lentils.
- 500 grams of pork tenderloin.
- One onion.
- 30 grams of tomato paste or juice.
- A glass of meat or vegetable broth.
- Spices and salt.
We offer step by step instructions for the recipe for lentils with meat.
Cooking
It’s worth starting with meat. This is due to the large number of necessary processing procedures, rather than cereals.
- Rinse fresh pork to remove any caked blood. After it is laid out on paper towels to dry a little.
- Next, the meat is processed. Using a knife, carefully remove all grease, veins, and film.
- Cut the peeled meat into small cubes. Put them in a bowl, salt and pepper. You can add your favorite spices. Leave the pork to marinate for 20 minutes;
- According to the recipe for red lentils with meat, pour the cereal into a colander or sieve and rinse under the tap. Once the water is clean, leave the dishes for a couple of minutes to allow all the glass liquid.
- Peel the onion, wash under cold water and chop finely.
- Now you can start cooking. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and place on low heat. After a couple of minutes, put the same meat in it and cook until half ready for about 15 minutes. All this time do not stop stirring the meat.
- Next, add the onions and continue frying for about another five minutes, still stirring the mass.
- Add half a cup of broth and tomato paste (or juice) to the meat. Do not stop stirring.
- When the mass begins to boil a little, pour the groats and the remaining half a glass of broth. Mix everything well again. Do not forget about spices. Cover the dishes and let simmer over low heat for an hour.
- After the specified time, transfer the lentils and meat to a separate dish, add parsley and dill on top.
Let's move on to the next recipe for cooking lentils with meat.
Stew
This option is slightly different from the previous ingredients in the cooking method. We will need these products:
- 500 grams of beef tenderloin.
- A glass of lentils.
- Big carrots.
- Large onion.
- Three red bell peppers.
- Three cloves of garlic.
- Two tomatoes.
- Greens, spices and salt to taste.
We turn to the implementation of the recipe for green lentils with meat.
Cooking
For starters, meat is processed. It must be thoroughly washed under cold water, remove all cores and films. Next, we perform the following actions:
- We cut the meat into pieces of medium size.
- Peel the onion from the husk, wash it and cut into small cubes.
- Wash carrots, peel and cut into strips.
- Peel the tomatoes and cut them into small squares.
- Peel and finely chop the garlic.
- Pour the lentils into a colander and rinse thoroughly under running water.
- Heat the oil on a small fire in a pan with high sides. Add the beef and fry until golden brown. We shift it into a separate pan.
- In a pan where the meat was fried, put the vegetables. The order should be like this:
- First carrots and onions.
- Bell pepper.
- Tomatoes
- Garlic.
- Add spices and cook for about three minutes.
- At the end of the specified time, we transfer the mass to the meat. Add water there and leave to stew on a small fire under the lid. Cooking time is 30 minutes.
- After half an hour, add the cereal and a little more water to the meat. Mix everything and simmer for another 60 minutes.
The result of the implementation of this recipe for meat with lentils is in the photo below.
Lentils with Chicken and Mushrooms
This option is richer in taste variety. To implement this recipe for lentils with meat, you will need:
- 300 grams of lentil groats.
- Chicken fillet (150 grams).
- 200 grams of fresh small champignon.
- Three bay leaves.
- Greens.
- Spice.
- Two tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil.
Cooking
Now it is worth mentioning one useful trick. So that cooking does not take much time, cereals should be soaked in advance. Do it in about two hours. Rinse the lentils before use. The following actions:
- Wash the fillet thoroughly and cut into small pieces.
- Rinse and clean the mushrooms. If necessary, you can also cut them into pieces.
- Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan and put on a small fire for several minutes. Put meat, bay leaves and mushrooms in a pan. Fry until crusted on meat.
- Add lentils, half a glass of water and spices. Mix everything until evenly distributed, cover and leave over low heat. Extinguishing time takes 20 minutes.
Now you should pay attention to recipes for lentils with meat in a slow cooker.
Pumpkin dish
In this case, the preparation will not be so difficult. For implementation you will need:
- 240 grams of minced meat.
- 250 grams of lentils.
- Medium carrot.
- 140 grams of fresh pumpkin.
- Three tbsp. tablespoons of sunflower oil.
- 500 ml of drinking water.
- Salt and spices.
Cooking
In this case, it is not necessary to soak the cereal, but it is necessary to rinse before use. Let's move on to the instructions:
- Wash, peel and grate the pumpkin and carrots.
- Pour the indicated amount of sunflower oil into the multicooker bowl and add minced meat thawed in advance. Cook it all by setting the Fry function. In this case, the contents must be mixed.
- When the color of the food begins to change, add carrots and pumpkin. Stir and fry for another five minutes.
- Add cereal, spices and water. Stir everything until evenly distributed.
- Set the "Porridge" mode on the slow cooker.
- Leave to cook until the timer expires.
- Leave the finished dish in the device in the "Heating" mode for 30 minutes, after decorating with greens.
Jellied lentils with meat
Another interesting option for cooking this dish in a slow cooker. To perform it, you will need the following ingredients:
- 300 grams of lentils (about two measuring cups).
- 500 mg pork or beef tenderloin.
- 250 grams of fresh champignons of small size (you can also large ones, but then cut them into pieces).
- One medium root vegetable carrot.
- One onion.
- One bell pepper.
- 30 grams of tomato paste;
- Salt and other spices to taste.
Cooking
In this case, it is worth preparing the cereal in advance. Rinse it, pour it into a deep bowl and fill it with cold water. All this must be done a couple of hours before the start of cooking. Rinse the lentils before use. The meat must be washed and cut into small pieces. Remove the husk from the onion, rinse the fruit and finely chop.
Next, follow the instructions:
- Mushrooms should be washed under running water and peel the hats. If large mushrooms of a sufficiently large size are used in the preparation, then they can be cut into smaller pieces.
- Wash the carrots and cut into strips.
- Peppers, peel, wash and cut into squares or strips.
- After preparing all the ingredients, you can proceed to the main stage of cooking lentils with meat according to the recipe. Three tablespoons must be poured into the multicooker bowl. tablespoons of sunflower oil.
- Set the "Frying" mode.
- Put chopped onions in a bowl.
- Add chopped meat. Mix everything well and continue cooking in the "Frying" mode. It takes 15 minutes.
- Next, you need to add champignons to the rest of the multicooker bowl. Continue to fry for another 15 minutes, periodically mixing the contents of the multicooker.
- Next, add carrots, bell pepper, salt, necessary spices and tomato paste (or ketchup) to the ingredients in the multicooker. Mix all ingredients again until evenly distributed. Without changing the program, continue to fry the dish for another ten minutes.
- Add pre-prepared lentils. Add water to the bowl to cover all the ingredients. Immediately after this, you need to rearrange the multicooker mode to "Porridge" or "Extinguishing". At the last stage, the dish should be cooked for 30-40 minutes, until the lentils are soft. Serve the dish hot.
Recipe for Lentil Soup with Meat
Lentil soup is best for winter or rainy days. We offer another interesting recipe for lentils with meat. It turns out very tasty and satisfying. To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients:
- Half a glass of lentils.
- 250 grams of beef tenderloin.
- Four medium potato root vegetables.
- A small carrot.
- Onion head.
- One and a half liters of cold drinking water.
- Two medium cloves of garlic.
- Parsley.
- Bay leaf.
- Spice.
- Refined vegetable oil.
Cooking
It is worth noting that for the implementation of this recipe it will take a lot of time. Therefore, it is advisable to soak the lentils in water a couple of hours before starting to cook. But do not forget to rinse it before adding to the soup. Step-by-step instruction:
- Beef must be washed thoroughly. Then it must be cleaned of films, veins and bone fragments (if any).
- Wash carrots, peel and grate on a coarse grater.
- Onions need to be peeled and cut into small cubes.
- Wash the potatoes, peel them and cut them into small squares. After that, you need to fill it with cold water so that it does not begin to darken.
- Peel and finely chop the garlic.
- Chop the parsley.
- Put the beef in a pan and pour cold water. It should cover the meat with about two fingers. Put the pot on the fire and wait until the water begins to boil. Remove foam periodically.
- Then reduce the fire, and add salt and ground pepper to the water. Cover with a lid and left to cook.
- When the meat is almost ready, add the lentils. Mix everything, cover and cook for another 30 minutes.
- During this time, you need to fry carrots, onions and garlic.
- When the beef is cooked, it needs to be taken out, cut into small cubes and sent back to the pan.
- Now you need to slightly increase the heat and add potatoes. When it becomes soft, add frying, bay leaves and herbs. After boiling again, the soup is cooked for another five minutes.