As I mentioned last week, I love lentils. This Sausage and Lentils recipe was passed along by my mom. My mother didn’t have a large number of recipes that she made but the ones that she made often we thought were delicious. We enjoyed this simple recipe growing up and are still enjoying it now.
It’s a great recipe, simple, easy to make and freezes well. You can even use the leftovers to make a Sausage and Lentil soup which I will share next week.
Spanish Sausage and Lentils
Ingredients:
1 pound small sausages sliced (can also use ground pork)
1 cup cooked lentils
1 small onion, peeled and diced
1 clove garlic, diced
1 green pepper, seeded and diced
1 ½ cups canned tomatoes
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Fry the sausage until it is lightly browned. Break the sausage into bite size pieces. Drain off all but 2 tablespoons of fat. Brown the lentils in the remaining fat with the onions, garlic and pepper.
Cook the mixture until the onion is tender. Add the tomatoes and the sausage and season with salt and pepper. Cover and cook in the oven at 325 for 25 minutes.
Delicious served alone or served with rice. Makes about 4-5 servings.
You can use the leftovers to make a delicious soup.
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