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Middle Eastern Rice and Lentils

Middle Eastern Rice and Lentils Ingredients: onions, raw oil, olive, salad or cooking water, bottled, generic rice, white, long-grain, regular, unenriched, cooked without salt lentils, raw potatoes, raw, skin carrots,...

Middle Eastern Rice and Lentils

Ingredients:
onions, raw
oil, olive, salad or cooking
water, bottled, generic
rice, white, long-grain, regular, unenriched, cooked without salt
lentils, raw
potatoes, raw, skin
carrots, raw
raisins, seeded
spices, pepper, black
spices, cinnamon, ground
spices, cumin seed
spices, cloves, ground
peppers, sweet, green, raw
peas, green, frozen, unprepared

Directions:
In a 3-quart saucepan, cook onion in oil till crisp-tender, about 5 to 10 minutes.
Add broth, rice, lentils, potato, carrot, raisins, and seasonings.
Cook until rice and lentils are almost tender, about 10 to 15 minutes.
Stir in the bell pepper and peas.
Cover and cook about 5-10 minutes more, or until the liquid is absorbed and the rice and lentils are tender.
Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
I sometimes use this rice to make stuffed peppers.
I put rice in peppers and pour canned spaghetti sauce (I usually add about 1/8 cup water to this) over, cover and bake about 45 to 60 minutes.
I also use leftover rice to make veggie burgers.
Enjoy!
For Vegetarian/Vegan do not use chicken broth.