Braised Lentils
By: Anonymous
Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 12:57am

Ingredients




3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 cup finely-chopped red onion
2/3 cup finely-chopped carrot
1/2 cup finely-chopped celery
1 1/4 cups dried green lentils
4 cups chicken stock
(or canned low-salt chicken broth)
Salt to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper to taste

Preparation

1 Heat oil in heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrot, and celery and saute until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Add lentils and stir 1 minute. Add stock and bring to boil. 2 Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer until lentils are just tender, stirring occasionally, about 35 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. 3 This recipe yields 4 servings.