Lentils with meat: recipes with photos

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

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 useful. It is especially rich in iron. There are many ways to cook lentils. It can be boiled in a pot, baked in a pot, or steamed in a slow cooker. We offer several simple recipes for lentils with vegetables and meat. Dishes prepared on their basis are very tasty.

Lentils with meat

Start with the easiest thing you can think of. This is the usual way to create a dish with meat. For it you will need:

• 250 grams of red lentils.
• 500 grams pork tenderloin.
• One bulb.
• 30 grams of tomato paste or juice.
• A glass of meat or vegetable broth.
• Spices and s alt.

We offer step-by-step instructions for the recipe for lentils with meat.

Cooking

Start with meat. This is due to the large number ofprocessing procedures than with cereals.

• Rinse fresh pork, removing the remains of clotted blood. After that, she lays out on paper towels to dry a little.
• Next, the meat is processed. Using a knife, carefully remove all grease, strands and film.
• Cut the peeled meat into small cubes. Put them in a bowl, s alt 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 grits into a colander or sieve and rinse under the tap. Once the water is clear, leave the bowl for a couple of minutes to allow all the liquid to glass.
• Onion peel, wash under cold water and finely chop.
• Now you can start cooking. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and place over low heat. After a couple of minutes, place the meat there and cook until half cooked, about 15 minutes. All the while, don't stop stirring the meat.
• Next, add the onion and continue frying for about another five minutes, still stirring the mass.
• Add half a glass of broth and tomato paste (or juice) to the meat. Don't stop stirring.
• When the mass begins to boil a little, pour in the grits and the remaining half a glass of broth. Mix well again. Don't forget the spices. Cover the dish with a lid and leave to simmer over low heat for an hour.
• After the specified time, transfer the lentils with meat to a separate dish, add parsley and dill on top.

Let's move on to the nextrecipe for lentils with meat.

stew

This option is somewhat different from the previous one in the way of preparation. We will need the following products:

• 500 grams beef tenderloin.
• A glass of lentils.
• Big carrot.
• Big onion.
• Three red bell peppers.
• Three cloves of garlic.
• Two tomatoes.
• Greens, spices and s alt to taste.

Let's move on to the implementation of the recipe for green lentils with meat.

Cooking

Meat is processed first. It must be thoroughly rinsed under cold water, remove all cores and films. Next, perform the following actions:

• Cut the meat into medium-sized pieces.
• Onions are peeled, washed and cut into small cubes.
• My carrots, peel and cut into strips.
• Tomatoes are peeled and cut into small squares.
• Peel and finely chop the garlic.

• Pour the lentils into a colander and rinse thoroughly under running water.
• Heat the oil over low heat in a frying pan with high sides. Add beef and fry until golden brown. Transfer it to a separate pan.
• Put the vegetables in the pan where the meat was fried. The order should be:

1. Carrots and onions first.
2. Sweet pepper.
3. Tomatoes.
4. Garlic.

• Add spices and cook for about three minutes.
• After the end of the specifiedtime, we shift the mass to the meat. We add water there and leave to simmer over low heat under the lid. Cooking time - 30 minutes.
• After half an hour, add grits to the meat and a little more water. 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 flavor variety. To implement this recipe for lentils with meat, you will need:

• 300 grams of lentils.
• Chicken fillet (150 grams).
• 200 grams fresh small mushrooms.
• Three bay leaves.
• Green.
• Spices.
• Two tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil.

Cooking

Now it is worth mentioning one useful trick. So that the preparation of the dish does not take much time, the cereal should be soaked in advance. They do this in about two hours. Lentils must be washed before use. Next steps:

• Wash the fillet thoroughly and cut into small pieces.
• Rinse and clean the mushrooms too. If necessary, you can also cut them into pieces.
• Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan and put on a small fire for a few minutes. Put the meat, bay leaves and mushrooms in the pan. Fry until a crust appears on the meat.
• Add lentils, half a glass of water and spices. Mix everything until evenly distributed, cover and leave on low heat. Extinguishing timetakes 20 minutes.

Now you should pay attention to the recipes for lentils with meat in a slow cooker.

Dish with pumpkin

In this case, cooking will not be so difficult. For implementation you will need:

• 240 grams of combined minced meat.
• 250 grams of lentils.
• Medium carrot.
• 140 grams of fresh pumpkin.
• Three art. spoons of sunflower oil.
• 500 ml drinking water.
• S alt and spices.

Cooking

In this case, it is not necessary to soak the grits, but it is necessary to rinse before use. Let's move on to the instructions:

• Wash pumpkin and carrots, peel and grate on a fine grater.
• Pour the specified amount of sunflower oil into the bowl of the multicooker and add pre-thawed minced meat. Cook all this by setting the "Fry" function. In this case, the contents must be mixed.
• When the color of the food starts to change, add carrots and pumpkin. Stir and fry for another five minutes.
• Add cereal, spices and water. Mix everything until evenly distributed.
• Set the "Porridge" mode on the multicooker.
• Leave cooking until the timer runs out.
• Leave the finished dish in the device in the "Heating" mode for 30 minutes, after decorating with herbs.

Jellied lentils with meat

Another interesting option for preparing this dish in a slow cooker. To complete it, you will need the following ingredients:

• 300 grams of lentils (about two measuring cups).
• 500 mg pork or beef tenderloin.
• 250 grams of small fresh champignons (you can also use large ones, but then cut them into pieces).
• One medium root carrot.
• One bulb.
• One bell pepper.
• 30 grams of tomato paste;
• S alt and other spices to taste.

Cooking a dish

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 lentils again before using. The meat must be washed and cut into small pieces. Remove the husk from the onion, wash the fruit and chop finely.

Follow the instructions:

• Mushrooms should be washed under running water and the caps should be peeled. If large enough mushrooms are used in cooking, you can cut them into smaller pieces.
• Wash the carrots and cut into strips.
• Bulgarian pepper, de-seeded, washed 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. In the bowl of the multicooker, you need to pour three tbsp. spoons of sunflower oil.
• Set the "Frying" mode.
• Put the chopped onion into the bowl.

• Add chopped meat. Mix well and continue cooking.in "Fry" mode. This will take 15 minutes.
• Next, you need to add champignons to the multicooker bowl to the rest of the ingredients. Continue frying for another 15 minutes, stirring the contents of the multicooker occasionally.
• Next, add carrots, bell peppers, s alt, necessary spices and tomato paste (or ketchup) to the ingredients in the slow cooker. Mix all ingredients again until evenly distributed. Without changing the program, continue frying the dish for another ten minutes.
• Add prepared lentils. Pour water into 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 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 cup of lentils.
• 250 grams beef tenderloin.
• Four medium root potatoes.
• Small carrots.
• Onion head.
• One and a half liters of cold drinking water.
• Two medium garlic cloves.
• Parsley.
• Bay leaf.
• Spices.
• Refined vegetable oil.

Cooking a dish

It is worth noting that forThis recipe will take a lot of time to complete. Therefore, it is advisable to soak the lentils in water for a couple of hours before cooking. But be sure to rinse it before adding it to the soup. Step by step instructions:

• Beef must be thoroughly washed. 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 too, peel and cut into small squares. After that, it must be filled with cold water so that it does not start to darken.

• Peel and finely chop the garlic.
• Chop parsley.
• Put the beef in a saucepan and cover with cold water. It should cover the meat by about two fingers. Put the pot on the fire and wait until the water starts to boil. Remove foam periodically.
• Then reduce the fire, and add s alt and ground pepper to the water. Cover everything with a lid and it remains to finish cooking.
• When the meat is almost done, add the lentils. Mix everything, cover and cook for another 30 minutes.
• During this time, it is necessary to fry carrots, onions and garlic.
• When the beef is cooked, take it out, cut it into small cubes and send it back to the pot.
• Now you need to slightly increase the heat and add the potatoes. When it becomes soft, add the roast, bay leaves and herbs. After boiling the soupcook for another five minutes.