Lentils with chorizo

Name: Lentils with chorizo
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 750 g pardina lentils (small ones); 1 large spring onion; 1 leek; 3 carrots; 1 garlic clove; 1 piece ginger; 1 tsp aji rojo (or half chopped red chilli); 1 tsp pimentón dulce (paprika); 1-2 bay leaves; 1-2 bacon strips (1 cm wide); 3 Spanish chorizos; Water; Olive oil; Salt; 1 ripe tomato

Lucia Salcidos @lusalcidos

Typical Spanish recipe we love at home. We normally eat it in winter time, but also nice when it rains during the summer...My kids love them with white rice!!

Lucia Salcidos @lusalcidos

Typical Spanish recipe we love at home. We normally eat it in winter time, but also nice when it rains during the summer...My kids love them with white rice!!

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Ingredients

60-90 min

6 people

750 gpardina lentils (small ones)
1large spring onion
1leek
3carrots
1garlic clove
1 pieceginger
1 tspaji rojo (or half chopped red chilli)
1 tsppimentón dulce (paprika)
1-2bay leaves
1-2bacon strips (1 cm wide)
3Spanish chorizos
Water
Olive oil
Salt
1ripe tomato

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Steps

60-90 min

1

Peel and cut the leek, onion and carrots into very small pieces. Grate the garlic clove and the ginger. Poach it slowly in a pan with olive oil for around 10 minutes (if you are using red chili instead of aji, cut it in very small peaces and add it here!)
2

After 10-12 minutes, add the bacon and tomato - peeled and cut into small pieces -, the ají (if you are using it dry), the bay leaves and salt. Let poach for 5 more minutes
3

Then add the paprika, and after a minute, not more (otherwise the paprika will get burnt), add the lentils - previously washed and drained. Add enough water, more than to cover the lentils, but not too much, so that they do not remain watery at the end (we can always correct if water evaporates!)
4

When they get to boil, leave them over medium heat for around 20 minutes. Then, add the chorizo (I normally cut it into slices about 1.5 cm thick)
5

Cook them for around 20-30 more minutes, until the lentils are soft, and add more water if needed. We normally serve it with some white rice. Enjoy them!!!