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Recipe : * Rice With Puy Lentils

Rice With Puy Lentils
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Course:
Main Dish

Practical information

  • Prep time
    15 min
  • Cooking
    40 min
  • Ready in
    55 min
  • Difficulty
    Very easy
  • Price
    Very friendly budget
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Categories

Budget:
friendly
Difficulty:
easy recipe
Category:
Vegetable recipes
Tags:
rice

Recipe's Ingredients

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  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 onions, peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
  • spicy chorizo sausage or good quality dried spicy sausage
  • 1 tablespoon freshly chopped chives
  • fresh coarse salt
  • 300 g short grain or risotto rice
  • 300 g to 400 green puy lentils
  • 1 l chicken stock

  • Recipe preparation steps

  • 1
    Fry the onions softly in 1 tablespoon of butter.
  • 2
    Stir in the rice and add the chicken stock.
  • 3
    Put on a lid and bring to boil.
  • 4
    Bring down the heat so the chicken stock only simmers and then let it simmer til the stock has been wholely reduced and the rice is done.
  • 5
    Meanwhile the rice is cooking, in another pot, add the puy lentils, one tablespoon of olive oil.
  • 6
    and cover it with water so the lentils will "swim freely".
  • 7
    Chop the chorizo and add it to this pot.
  • 8
    Add the sausage and the fresh thyme .
  • 9
    Bring to boil and season with lots of salt (to the point where you think there is a good abundant salty flavor).
  • 10
    Cook the lentils until they are all soft, and probably add more water if there seems to be a dryness to the pan.
  • 11
    When both the rice and the lentils are ready, mix them togheter throughly with a spoon, adding another tablespoon of butter.
  • 12
    Right before serving, garnish the dish with the fresh chives.
  • Ready !