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Green (Brown) Lentils With Rice And Onions

Green (Brown) Lentils With Rice And Onions is built on Lentils, Vegetable Oil, Onions, Long Grain Rice, and Water. Serves 6. Add it to your meal plan and shop the whole list in one go.

Ingredients

• 1 cup
• 3 tbsp
• 2
• 1 cup
• 6 cup
• 1 1/2 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Place lentils in saucepan with 6 cups water; bring to a boil.

2. 2

   Simmer gently 20-25 minutes until lentils are tender.

3. 3

   Drain well and reserve.

4. 4

   Meanwhile, heat oil in large, deep skillet; add onions.

5. 5

   Cook onions until they're brown and crisp.

6. 6

   Remove; reserve half the onions.

7. 7

   Add rice to remaining onions in pan and cook, stirring, to combine rice with onions, about 3 minutes.

8. 8

   Add water or stock, salt and pepper (if stock is unseasoned); bring to a boil.

9. 9

   Cover and cook rice 10 minutes for white[, or full cooking time for brown rice less 13 minutes - EP's note]

10. 10

    Add [cooked] lentils; cover and cook another 10 minutes.

11. 11

    Season to taste.

12. 12

    Garnish with fried onions.

13. 13

    MasterCook 4 nutritional analysis for each of 6 servings