Lentils With Bacon Recipes

Steps:

• Cook 2 slices chopped bacon in a saucepan; remove with a slotted spoon. Add 2 chopped celery stalks, 2 minced garlic cloves and 1 chopped red onion; saute 4 minutes. Add 4 cups water and 1 cup dried green lentils (rinsed and picked over); simmer until tender, 30 minutes. Stir in 3 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar and 1 tablespoon grainy mustard; season with salt and pepper. Top with the bacon, chopped parsley and chopped roasted red peppers.

Steps:

• Heat oil and bacon (if using) in a large Dutch oven or other heavy pot over medium, stirring, until bacon starts to sizzle, about 1 minute. Add onion and garlic and cook until onion is translucent, 5-8 minutes. Add harissa paste and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly darkened in color, about 5 minutes. Add wine and cook, scraping up browned bits and stirring occasionally, until wine is reduced by half, about 3 minutes.
• If using whole tomatoes, use kitchen shears or a pairing knife to burst each in the can (this will prevent juice from squirting on your shirt when you crush them). Add to pot, crushing with your hands as you go; add any juices remaining in can. If using diced tomatoes, add directly to pot along with juices. Stir to combine, then fill can almost to the top with water and pour into pot, swirling to get all the extra tomato juices out of the can. Bring sauce to a boil over medium heat.
• Set aside ½ cup lentils for serving. Add remaining lentils to sauce. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens slightly and flavors come together, 25-30 minutes. Remove from heat and purée sauce with an immersion blender until almost smooth in some places but chunky in others. (Alternatively, purée half of sauce in a blender until almost smooth, then stir back into sauce in pot.) Season with salt and pepper. Keep warm until ready to serve.
• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until not quite al dente, about 1 minute less than package directions.
• Using a spider or tongs, transfer pasta to sauce and add butter and ½ cup pasta cooking liquid. Cook, stirring constantly and adding more pasta cooking liquid if needed, until sauce thickens enough to coat pasta and pasta looks glossy, about 1 minute.
• Divide pasta among shallow bowls and top with reserved lentils and Parmesan (if using).
• Do ahead: Sauce can be made 5 days ahead. Let cool, then transfer to an airtight container. Cover and chill, or freeze up to 3 months. Reheat, adding a little water to thin if needed, before serving.

Steps:

• To cook the lentils: In a large saucepan combine all the ingredients. Add water to the pot until it covers the ingredients by about 2 inches. Bring the water to a boil over medium heat, then reduce heat to a simmer. Cook for about 20 to 30 minutes or until the lentils are soft.
• Remove the pot from the heat and season the water with salt. Taste the water to make sure it is seasoned. Let the lentils sit in the salty water for about 10 to 15 minutes. This will allow the lentils to absorb the seasoned water. Ladle off 1 cup of the lentil cooking water and reserve.
• Remove all the vegetables and aromatics from the lentils and discard. Strain the lentils from the water.
• To assemble the lentils: Place 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add the bacon lardoons. When the bacon has rendered off a lot of fat and has become brown and crispy, add the onions. Season the onions with salt and sweat them until they become very soft and aromatic.
• Add the celery, fennel and carrot. Season with salt and saute over medium heat until the vegetables start to become soft and aromatic, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the garlic and saute for 1 to 2 minutes more. Add the cooked lentils, 1/4 of the reserved lentil cooking water, the mustard and vinegar. Cook until most of the liquid has reduced. Taste for seasoning, add salt or more vinegar, if needed. Serve hot or at room temperature.
• MMMMM!!!! Lentils and bacon...OH MY!!

Steps:

• Combine lentils,water and bacon in a large heavy saucepan .
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Add potatoes and continue to cook until lentils are tender about 15 minutes.
• Stir in vinegar and sugar.
• Taste and add salt if needed.
• Place in serving dish and keep warm.
• Melt butter in skillet ;saute onions and parsley over medium heat until onions are transparent.
• Spoon over lentils.
• Serve hot.

Steps:

• In a saucepan, brown the bacon. Remove the bacon and set aside.
• Add onion and carrots, cook 5 minutes.
• Add lentils, chicken broth and bay leaf.
• Let simmer 25 to 30 minutes.
• Add the bacon, cumin and parsley.

Steps:

• Cook rice as directed on package, omitting salt.
• Meanwhile, cook and stir bacon in medium saucepan on medium heat 4 to 6 min. or just until bacon starts to turn crisp. Add vegetables; mix well. Cook 6 to 8 min. or until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally.
• Add broth, lentils and garlic; stir. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 30 to 40 min. or until lentils are tender, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Stir in rosemary and Worcestershire sauce.
• Serve over rice.

Steps:

• Cook bacon in heavy large saucepan over medium heat until brown and crisp. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towels to drain. Add onion to drippings in saucepan; sauté until very tender, about 15 minutes. Add 6 cups water, ham hock, lentils, 1/4 cup parsley, and 2 teaspoons thyme. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer until lentils are tender, about 30 minutes. Using tongs, transfer ham hock to work surface. Drain lentils. Cool ham hock and lentils. Cut ham from bone; dice. Transfer ham to large bowl.
• Whisk walnut oil, red wine vinegar, and Dijon mustard in small bowl to blend. Transfer lentils to large bowl with ham. Add dressing, red onion, celery, bacon, remaining 1/4 cup parsley, and remaining 2 teaspoons thyme. Toss to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve at room temperature.

Steps:

• Combine lentils, onion, carrot and orange peel in heavy large saucepan. Add 2 1/2 cups water and bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer until lentils are tender, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes. Drain, reserving 3/4 cup cooking liquid. Discard orange peel. Return lentils to pan. Season lentils with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 say ahead. Cover and chill lentils and reserved cooking liquid separately.)
• Preheat oven to 450°F. Place salmon on baking sheet. Wrap 1 bacon strip around center of each salmon piece, arranging bacon ends on bottom. Bake salmon until opaque in center, about 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add enough reserved cooking liquid to lentils to moisten. Mix in cream, then parsley, chives and tarragon and bring to simmer. Spoon lentil onto plates. Top each with 3 salmon pieces in spoke fashion and serve.

Steps:

• Fry the bacon and red onions in olive oil for about five minutes until the onion has become soft.
• Add the lentils to the pan and warm through.

Steps:

• Heat large soup pot over med high heat with oil.
• Add onions, celery, and carrots.
• Cook until the veggies sweat a little and become tender.
• Add bacon bits, bay leaves, and lentils.
• Cook for a few minutes, stirring constantly to not burn the bacon.
• Add the water and boillion cubes.
• Bring to a boil.
• Cover and cook for about 30 minutes.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.

Steps:

• 1. Chop bacon and fry until crispy. Remove and set aside.
• 2. Heat oil in a Dutch oven (or else use the bacon fat), and sauté onions with the lentils for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the onion is soft and lentils are lightly browned.
• 3. Add barley, broth, cumin and allspice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer 15 minutes or until lentils are soft.
• 4. Add tomatoes and cook uncovered 15 to 20 minutes or until lentils and barley are tender and liquid is absorbed.
• 5. Before serving, stir in parsley and sprinkle bacon on top.