Middle Eastern Rice And Lentils

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 cup coarsely chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 3 1/2 cups chicken broth (or 3 1/2 cups water plus 1 tsp. salt i usually add veg. cube)
• 3/4 cup uncooked rice
• 1/2 cup dried lentils, rinsed and picked over
• 1 cup diced peeled baking potato
• 3/4 cup diced peeled carrot
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup diced red bell pepper
• 3/4 cup frozen green pea

Recipe

• 1 in a 3-quart saucepan, cook onion in oil till crisp-tender, about 5 to 10 minutes.
• 2 add broth, rice, lentils, potato, carrot, raisins, and seasonings.
• 3 cook until rice and lentils are almost tender, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• 4 stir in the bell pepper and peas.
• 5 cover and cook about 5-10 minutes more, or until the liquid is absorbed and the rice and lentils are tender.
• 6 let stand 5 minutes before serving.
• 7 i sometimes use this rice to make stuffed peppers.
• 8 i put rice in peppers and pour canned spaghetti sauce (i usually add about 1/8 cup water to this) over, cover and bake about 45 to 60 minutes.
• 9 i also use leftover rice to make veggie burgers.
• 10 enjoy!
• 11 for vegetarian/vegan do not use chicken broth.