Serve 6
Ready in 45 minutes
Ingredients
- 500 g lentils
- 3.5 litre of water
- 225 g chorizo (spicy)
- 1 medium onion (finely chopped)
- 2 tomatoes
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 red pepper
- 1 celery stick
- 3 laurel leaves
- 150 g bacon
- 3 medium carrots (squares)
- Salt
Instructions
- In a large pot over medium heat, fry the bacon, chorizo for about 2 minutes
- Add the onion, garlic, pepper, celery, and carrots, stirring often until the onion has softened and is turning translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, laurel leaves, salt cook for another 3 minutes
- Pour the water and the lentils into the pot.
- Raise heat and bring the mixture to a boil
- Then partially cover the pot and reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer.
- Simmer 35 minutes until lentils are soft but keep their shape.
Serve and enjoy!