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Lentil paella

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Ingredients for 2 servings:

  • 100 g beans, green, fresh or frozen
  • salt water
  • 1 small onion(s)
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 250 g schnitzel (ham schnitzel)
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 150 g lentils, yellow or small red
  • 300 ml vegetable broth or chicken broth
  • 4 king prawns, cooked, peeled
  • 1 lemon(s), untreated
  • 1 bell pepper(s), light green
  • 1 red bell pepper(s)
  • some salt

Instructions

Working time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

Trim and wash the beans and cook in salted water for 10 minutes. Drain in a colander. Meanwhile, trim and wash the red bell pepper and cut into strips. Peel and dice the onion and garlic. Halve the ham schnitzel lengthwise and cut into thin strips. Heat the oil in a non-stick pan. Cover and cook the onion and garlic over low heat until translucent. Add the meat and fry over medium heat until golden brown. Add the lentils and vegetable stock and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the beans and bell pepper strips and simmer for another 5 minutes. Place the king prawns on top of the vegetables and heat in the covered pan for 6 minutes. Meanwhile, wash the lemon, dry it, and cut into wedges. Halve the green bell pepper, trim it, wash it, and cut into strips. Arrange the lemon wedges and bell pepper strips on top of the paella.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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