How to Cook Lentejas Guisadas (Stewed Lentils)

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 cups dry brown lentils

  (or green lentils)
• 2 smoked pork chops

  cubed (optional)
• 2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large red onion

  cut into eighths
• 2 potatoes

  cut into cubes
• ½ pound auyama (kabocha squash)

  [0.48 kg], cut into cubes
• 1 diced bell peppers
• ½ teaspoon mashed garlic
• 4 sprigs thyme
• 2 tablespoons minced cilantro

  (or parsley)
• 1½ teaspoons salt

  (or more, to taste)

Instructions

• 1 Rinse the lentils. Soak the them in abundant water for 20 - 60 minutes in a
  dutch oven or pot.
  
  Boil the lentils for 15 minutes over medium heat. Sieve the lentils until all
  the water has been drained. Set aside water and lentils.
• 2 In a dutch oven (caldero) heat the oil over medium-high heat. If you are adding
  pork chops, cook them stirring until they brown, otherwise continue with the
  instructions below.
  
  Add the onion to the pot. Cook and stir until the onion becomes translucent. Add
  the potatoes, pumpkin, bell pepper, garlic, and thyme.
  
  Cook and stir for 2 minutes.
• 3 Add the lentils (without the water) to the pot, and cook and stir for a minute.
  
  Add 4 cups of the water you had reserved, stir.
• 4 Cover and simmer over low heat until all the ingredients are cooked through. Add
  more water as it becomes necessary (use clear water if you run out of the water
  from boiling the lentils)
  
  Remove the thyme sprigs, and stir in the cilantro. Season with salt to taste.
• 5 Remove from the heat and serve per suggestions above the recipe.

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