Growing up I HATED lentils! Despised them. I choked them down quite often and didn't openly complain about them, but I wanted to. I thought they were the most loathesome and depressing foods ever placed before me. But they were cheap and got us by when we didn't have much. Times got better and they were gone. Then I went to work for the Anasazi Foundation, where a huge part of my daily diet consisted of nasty lentil eating, and still my aversion to lentils remained fairly consistent. It wasn't until 3 years after the trail that I gained a true love for those "dirty lentils," as the young walkers called them.
Raygon Postert Hymas, a fellow Anasazi-ite, shared this awesome recipe with us. It is SOOOO good!
- 1-1/4 cups dry lentils (half a pound)
- 4 cups tap water
- 2 tablespoons oil or bacon grease
- 1 to 2 tablespoons dry onions
- 3 beef bouillon cubes
- 15 oz can tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- Dash hot pepper flakes or Tabasco sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Place the lentils and the water in a large pot. Put the pot on the stove and bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat so that the lentils are simmering gently. Cook for 30 minutes. Do not add the other ingredients until after the lentils have cooked. If the lentils begin to get dry, or if their water boils away then add more water. You want the lentils to remain juicy while they cook. When your 30 minutes are up, add all of the remaining ingredients. Simmer the chili for 15 to 20 minutes and serve with crackers or cornbread or over rice. Makes 4 servings.
This is a very good chili recipe. If you have ground beef or turkey, or some cooked chicken, you can add these to the chili too. About 1/2 a pound of ground meat or about 1 cup of cooked meat will be plenty. This recipe doesn’t need meat to taste good though. It is excellent just the way it is.
Last Sunday we had a Sunday School lesson devoted to cooking with food storage and being prepared now that we have entered hurricane season. We are going to find some other good'ns to post throughout the summer. If anyone has any great recipes that they wouldn't mind parting with, I would love to try out some more recipes.
2 comments:
Eh...I hate lentils too! That recipe doesn't sound half bad though so I might have to try it. Maybe...
I love lentils...i just had me some organic lentil soup made by Amy ( they sell it at costco). And I loved them at Anasazi...i even tried to sprout them, but they got moldy i think...i can't wait to try this chilli, thanks Jen. And I am glad you finally appriciate them, they are yummy goodness.
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