Vegetarian Lentil Stew

Name: How to cook Vegetarian Lentil Stew - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Felice

Vegetarian Lentil Stew

This is the vegetarian version of one of my favorite German dishes! It's often made with bacon and ham/sausage, but this version has just as much flavor because I added red wine, tomato and smoked paprika. Smoked paprika really gives this stew a great taste so if you have some I highly recommend! If not, just substitute regular paprika or leave it out. It will still be super good.

Ingredient

Food ration :

6 servings

Cooking time :

60 mins

250 g

lentils, soaked overnight

onion

2 cloves

garlic

medium potatoes

large carrot

1/2 stalk

celery

1 Tbsp

olive oil

1/2 tsp

salt, plus more to taste

1/2 cup

red wine

1-2

tomatoes, or 2 Tbsp tomato paste

1 Tbsp

dry marjoram (you can also sub. other herbs)

1 tsp

smoked paprika powder (or regular paprika)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Prep the lentils by soaking overnight. It's not necessary, but right before cooking, I also like to put the lentils in a pot of cold water, bring it to boil and then drain after 1-2 minutes. This will get rid of those ugly foamy bubbles that come up in the soup when you cook lentils.

* Step 2

Prep your veggies: Finely chop the onion and garlic. Peel the potatoes and cut into cubes. Cut carrots into cubes. Slice or cube the celery.

* Step 3

Heat olive oil on medium in a large pot. Saute the onions and garlic until very soft, 5-10 minutes.

* Step 4

Add the carrots and saute a couple minutes. Mix in the drained lentils, celery, bay leaf and 1/2 tsp salt.

* Step 5

Add the red wine and tomato (or tomato paste). Bring it to a boil and cook for a couple minutes.

* Step 6

Finally add the potatoes, marjoram, paprika and just enough water to cover everything.

* Step 7

Bring the stew to a boil, turn to medium-low and cover with lid. Let it cook for 30 minutes, or until lentils are soft. At the end, add more salt to taste and a little more water if it's too thick for you.