Savory Lentils
2 cups dried lentils 1 quart water 2 teaspoons salt 1 large onion -- chopped fine 1/2 cup olive oil -- or bacon fat tabasco sauce -- few drops Pick over the lentils, wash them thor...
Ingredients
- 2cups dried lentils
- 1quart water
- 2teaspoons salt
- 1large onion -- chopped fine
- 1/2cupolive oil -- or bacon fat
Directions
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2 cups dried lentils 1 quart water 2 teaspoons salt 1 large onion -- chopped fine 1/2 cup olive oil -- or bacon fat tabasco sauce -- few dro
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If the water is dark and strong-flavored in the morning, discard it and add a quart of fresh water and the salt
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Simmer the lentils in a covered pan from 3 0 to 40 minutes, or until tender but not broken
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Drain the lentils, and return 1 cup of the liquid to them, or if necessary and enough water to the liquid to make 1 cup
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cook the onion for a few minutes in the olive oil or bacon fat, a dd the lentils, cook for a few minutes, and stir gently so that the lentil
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Add a few drops of tabasco and more salt if needed
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Serve hot
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Typed & MC formatted by Barb at Possum Kingdom using SNT and MC Buster 2.0g on 8/18/98 Converted by MC_Buster.