Tomato And Lentil Stew Food

QUICK & EASY WARMING TOMATO AND LENTIL STEW (VEGAN)

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a dutch oven or large stock pot over medium heat. Add the onion and cook for 6 minutes or until soft and translucent, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic, dried rosemary, sea salt, and red pepper flakes, and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes or until the garlic softens, stirring frequently.
• Add the french lentils, crushed tomatoes, filtered water, tamari, and balsamic. Stir to combine and nestle the sprigs of thyme into the liquid. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a rapid boil. Then, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 30 to 35 minutes or until the lentils are tender.
• Carefully remove the thyme sprigs. Taste and season with more sea salt, if desired. I typically don't add any additional salt; however, feel free to season as you wish.

TOMATO-CURRY LENTIL STEW

Steps:

• Combine lentils and water, bring to a boil.
• Lower heat to simmer, add tomatoes, onion, and celery. Cover and let simmer 45 minutes. Check every 15 minutes to stir, and add water if necessary. Add spices last 15 minutes to taste. Taste and re-spice if necessary before serving.

LENTIL AND TOMATO STEW

Steps:

• In a large, heavy pot or Dutch oven, combine lentils, water, onion, half the garlic, and bouquet garni. Bring to a gentle boil over medium-high heat. Add salt to taste, cover, reduce heat to low and simmer 25 minutes, until lentils are cooked through but still have some texture. They should not be mushy. Taste and adjust salt. Using tongs, remove onion and bouquet garni.
• Meanwhile, make tomato sauce in a separate pan. Heat oil over medium heat and add garlic. When it smells fragrant but before it browns, after about 30 seconds of sizzling, add tomatoes and stir together. Add sugar, salt, and basil sprigs and turn heat to medium-high so tomatoes come to a brisk simmer. Turn heat down to medium and cook, stirring often, until tomatoes have cooked down to thick, fragrant sauce, about 20 minutes. Remove basil sprigs.
• If using unpeeled tomatoes and a food mill, put sauce through fine blade of the mill. Add tomato sauce to lentils, stir together, cover and simmer gently for 10 minutes. The mixture should be fairly thick, a stew rather than a soup. Add freshly ground pepper, taste and adjust salt. Stir in slivered basil.
• Serve in wide bowls, over optional garlic bruschette. Sprinkle Parmesan over each serving if desired.

INSTANT POT LENTIL STEW (VEGGIE-LOADED , STEP-BY-STEP)

Steps:

• Prep. Dice all the vegetables and prepare all the ingredients you need for the recipe. You can start with the onions, celery and carrots as those get cooked first, giving you a few minutes to do the rest of the veggies. If using vegetable stock cubes, prepare the stock first.
• Turn the Instant Pot and press the Sauté button. It should say Normal on the display (this indicates heat level). Allow the bottom to heat up for a couple of minutes, then add the olive oil, onions, carrots and celery and cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring a couple of times. Press Cancel or Keep Warm/Cancel to stop the Sauté.
• Then add the garlic, spices, salt and pepper followed by zucchini, sweet potatoes and dry lentils (no need to soak the lentils for this recipe!).
• Pour in the stock and stir. Add the tomato paste and diced canned tomatoes and stir slightly.
• Secure and lock the lid; make sure the pressure handle is pointing to Sealing on Duo Classic. Select Manual/Pressure Cook and adjust the timer to 8 minutes on HIGH pressure. After a few beeps/seconds, the ON sign will come on indicating the pot is heating up and the pressure is building; pressurizing will take about 12 minutes and then the 8-minute timer will begin.
• Once the timer is done, allow the pressure to release naturally for about 10 minutes. Then use the quick release method to let off the remaining pressure (press the steam knob down or point to Venting on older models).
• Open the lid and stir in 1 teaspoon of lemon zest, 1-2 tablespoons chopped parsley and 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Taste for salt and pepper.

TOMATO AND LENTIL CURRY

Steps:

• Warm the oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. When it's hot, add the onion, garlic, ginger, and jalapeño. Cook until softened, about 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the curry powder, cumin, and sugar. Cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add the potatoes and carrot and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring for a minute or two. Add the lentils, broth, coconut milk and tomatoes with their liquid. Bring the mixture to a boil, then lower the heat so the mixture bubbles gently. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes and carrots are soft, about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Add the cauliflower and adjust the heat so that the mixture bubbles gently. Cook until all of the vegetables are tender, about 15 more minutes. Serve in bowls with an extra drizzle of coconut milk, chopped cilantro, and a wedge of lime.

HAMBURGER LENTIL POTATO TOMATO STEW

Steps:

• Chop onions and carrots.
• Brown beef, then add onions and garlic; saute for a few minutes.
• Add carrots, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, stock, dry lentils, paprika, curry powder, pepper, bay leaves.
• Bring to a boil, then simmer on medium for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, peel and dice potato into 1/2 inch chunks.
• Add potatoes. Add water if necessary to prevent burning, but not so much it won't boil off. Aim for stew, not soup!
• Simmer 45 minutes more or until liquid is absorbed and vegetables are tender.

FRENCH LENTIL STEW (LENTILS PROVENCAL)

Steps:

• Coat the bottom of a medium pot with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and place it over medium heat.
• When the oil is hot, add the onion. Sweat the onion for about 5 minutes, until soft and translucent.
• Add the garlic and cook it for 1 minute, until very fragrant.
• Add the water, lentils, and herbes de Provence, then raise the heat and bring the water to a boil.
• Lower the heat and allow the lentils to simmer until just a tad undercooked, about 30 minutes. Add a bit of hot water to the pot if it gets too dry while simmering.
• While the lentils cook, sauté the mushrooms. Coat the bottom of a large skillet with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and place it over medium heat.
• Add the mushrooms in an even layer, being careful to avoid crowding the skillet. Cook the mushrooms in batches if needed.
• Cook the mushrooms for about 5 minutes on each side, until browned and tender.
• Remove the mushrooms from the skillet and transfer them to a plate.
• When the lentils have finished simmering there should be just a bit of water left in the pot - not quite enough to cover the lentils. If there's more than that, drain the lentils and return them to the pot with about 1/2 cup of water, then return the pot to the burner.
• Add the wine to the pot. Raise the heat and bring it to a simmer. Allow it to cook until most of the liquid has cooked off, about 4 minutes.
• Stir the cooked mushrooms, tomatoes, tomato paste, olives, and capers into the pot. Bring it back up to a simmer.
• Simmer the stew for 5 to 10 minutes more, until the lentils are as tender as you like them and the stew is thick.
• Remove the pot from heat and season the stew with salt and pepper.
• Divide into bowls and top with fresh basil. Serve.

CURRIED TOMATO AND RED LENTIL STEW

Steps:

• Separate cilantro leaves and stems. Chop leaves and set both aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion, cilantro stems, ginger, and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring frequently, until onion is softened, about 6 minutes. Stir in curry powder and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Add 6 cups water and lentils. Use a spoon to scrape any browned bits from the bottom of the saucepan. Bring to a boil, then simmer over medium heat until lentils are nearly tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add remaining 1 3/4 cups water, cherry tomatoes, and coconut milk powder. Cook over medium-high heat until lentils are very soft and stew is thickened, 10 to 12 minutes. Lightly crush tomatoes with a spoon.
• Meanwhile, set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Lightly brush both sides of naan with 1/2 tablespoon oil and sprinkle with salt. Place on a rimmed baking sheet.
• Place in the preheated oven and broil until golden brown, about 2 minutes, flipping once halfway through. Transfer to a cutting board and cut into wedges.
• Add carrots to the stew and cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, pepper, and 1/2 of the reserved cilantro leaves. Ladle stew into bowls. Drizzle with remaining olive oil and garnish with remaining cilantro leaves. Serve with toasted naan.

SPICY LENTIL TOMATO STEW

Steps:

• Optionally, you can soak the lentils in cold water before you start the prep for this. Drain them before you add them to the soup.
• Mince the onion, celery, and garlic. Peel and mince the carrot.
• Warm the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrot, and celery with a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring often, for 6 minutes.
• Add the garlic and cook for 1 minutes.
• Sprinkle on the spices, and stir.
• Make a space in the middle of the pot, and add the tomato paste. Mix everything together until a thick paste forms.
• Add the chopped tomatoes with their juice and stir.
• Add the chicken broth and water and stir.
• Add the lentils. Bring to a boil, then back the heat off to a simmer. Simmer for 30 - 45 minutes, stirring often.
• Remove from the heat, add the lemon juice, and puree to desired consistency. (I like it left slightly chunky.).
• Add pepper to taste.
• POSSIBLE GARNISHES:.
• Lemon zest / freshly squeezed lemon juice.
• Plain yogurt blended with salt, pepper, and chopped parsley or cilantro.

CHICKEN & LENTIL STEW WITH GREMOLATA

Steps:

• Heat half the oil in a large flameproof casserole dish, brown the drumsticks on all sides, then transfer to a plate.
• Add the onions and remaining oil to the pan, and cook for 5 mins or so until soft. Add the lentils, tomatoes, 1 can of water and the stock cube. Return the drumsticks to the pan. Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat, put on a lid and simmer for 30 mins or until tender. Keep an eye on the stew and add a little water if it is drying out. Remove the lid and cook for another 10 mins, or until the sauce has thickened, then season.
• Meanwhile, make the gremolata. Mix the lemon zest, garlic and parsley together. Sprinkle over the cooked stew and serve with a chunk of crusty bread.

STEWED LENTILS AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onions, carrots and fennel and cook over medium-low heat for 8 to 10 minutes, until the onions start to brown. Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute.
• Meanwhile, rinse and pick over the lentils to make sure there are no stones in the package.
• Add the tomatoes, lentils, chicken stock, curry powder, thyme, salt, and pepper to the pan. Raise the heat to bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer covered for about 40 minutes, until the lentils are tender. Check occasionally to be sure the liquid is still simmering. Remove from the heat and allow the lentils to sit covered for another 10 minutes. Add the vinegar, season to taste, and serve hot.

CURRIED LENTIL, TOMATO AND LAMB STEW

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Sprinkle lamb with salt and pepper. Add to pot; sauté until brown, about 5 minutes. Add onion, garlic and ginger; sauté 5 minutes. Add curry powder; stir 30 seconds. Add 2 cups water and next 3 ingredients; bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until lamb and lentils are tender, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour.
• Add peas to pot and simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle into bowls.