Green Lentil Stew with Chorizo

5 from 1 vote

Green Lentil Stew with Chorizo, a hearty and delicious dish with Spanish flavours. It's super simple to make with a few basic ingredients that are cheap and plentiful, and perfect for a frugal meal to feed a crowd. A family-favourite dish for every season.

Prep Time10

Cook Time40

Total Time50

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Spanish

Servings: people

Calories: 338kcal

Author: Daniela Apostol

Ingredients

2 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
½ red pepper
1 cup green lentils
1 large potato
2 carrots
1 chorizo ring (225 g, ½ lb)
4 cups water or broth
1 tablespoon tomato puree
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
fresh parsley to garnish

Instructions

Heat up the oil in a large pan over a medium heat.
Slice the chorizo ring, and add the slices to the pan stirring gently to fry for 1 minute.
Peel and chop the onion, and add it to the pan - leave it to fry for 2-3 minutes until it softens.
Add the peeled and chopped garlic, red pepper and carrot, the lentils and 3 cups of water or stock.
Place the lid on and leave to cook until the lentils are almost tender, it could take up to 35-40 minutes.
Add the peeled and chopped potato, and leave everything to cook until the lentils and veggies are tender - keep and eye on it to add more the rest of the water if the liquid is evaporated, but the lentils are not tender yet.
Add the tomato paste, season with salt and pepper, and garnish with fresh parsley.

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Notes

For this stew I used green lentils, but brown lentils would also work - the cooking time could be slightly different, so check if the lentils are tender after 25 minutes.
I do not recommend using split red lentils for this particular dish, as they cook way too fast and they become too mushy. They would work in a dish, but I was after a different kind of texture here.
As for the veggies used, they can be swapped for whatever else you have around: peppers of any colour can be a great addition, celery or greens. The potatoes make the stew thicker as they cook.
The stew can also be made with regular sausages, leftover meat of any kind or ham. If you want to leave to chorizo out for a vegan and vegetarian version, you can add some regular or smoked paprika to keep that Spanish flavour going.

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