Recipe of Lentil stew

Ingredients

• 500 g of Lentils
• 300 ml oil
• 2 chopped onions
• 4 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 cup of chopped green and red paprika
• 4 carrots, pre-boiled and sliced
• 2 sausages
• 250 g of lean smoked bacon in strips
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tomato sauce
• 2 cubes of poultry or vegetable broth
• 2 teaspoons of oregano
• 2 teaspoons of ground chili pepper
• 1 tablespoon of Tomato Extract
• Sal
• Pimienta
• Sliced bread or lactal bread cut into triangles, without crust.

Directions

1. 1

   Pre-soak the vegetables for 8 hours, strain them.

2. 2

   Put the lentils in a pot, with water, and let them boil for about half an hour, until they are tender but not undone. Strain them and set aside.

3. 3

   While the lentils are boiling, heat oil in a pan and sauté the onions, garlic, peppers and carrots.

4. 4

   Cook the chorizos in a pot for 5 minutes. Then cut them into slices. Set them aside.

5. 5

   Fry the bacon until golden brown and crisp. Book them.

6. 6

   Add to the pot, the vegetable sauce, the sausages, the bacon, the bay leaves, the chopped tomatoes with all their juice and the cooked and well-drained lentils

7. 7

   Dissolve the dehydrated cubes in half a liter of hot water. Add it to the pot until it covers the level of the lentils. Season with oregano, paprika and ground chili pepper.

8. 8

   Let it simmer slowly and uncovered for 40 minutes, until a somewhat thick stew forms. At the last minute, add the tomato sauce diluted in cold water.

9. 9

   Let it cook for a few minutes, add salt and pepper if necessary.

10. 10

    Fry the bread triangles, without crust until lightly browned and crisp. Remove them and rub them with a clove of garlic so that they acquire their flavor.

11. 11

    Pour the stew into a deep bowl and garnish the edge with triangles of fried garlic bread.