Lentil differs from other legumes not only in a variety of varieties, but also in taste, speed of preparation, and a set of useful substances.
It is cooked much faster, dishes from it are very tasty and popular.
Easy and simple they can be cooked in a slow cooker.
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Lentil in a multivariate - general principles of cooking
In a lentil cooker, soups, porridges, and stews are most often made from lentils. But you can use the kitchen assistant to boil the beans that will be used in other dishes. Usually lentils do not require pre-soaking in water. But if it is indicated in the recipe, the beans are poured on the specified time. Water should be cold.
In general, the time of cooking beans to softness depends on the type of lentils. On average, you can adhere to the following standards:
• red varieties 16-18 minutes;
• brown 22 minutes;
• yellow varieties 20 minutes;
• black 20 minutes;
• green 3 from 30 to 40 minutes.
Of course, this is average data. The time may vary slightly depending on the degree of maturity and moisture of the product. Additional ingredients also affect the time, for example, in a tomato, beans are cooked much longer.
What are lentils made with:
• meat, poultry;
• mushrooms;
• dried fruits, nuts;
• vegetables.
You can add different spices, seasonings, sauces, flavorings to the dishes. Basically, the following programs are used for cooking: stewing, pilaf (buckwheat), soup. If you need to make pre-frying ingredients, then the task will perfectly cope “Baking”.
Lentil in a slow cooker: a recipe with vegetables
The simplest way to cook lentils in a slow cooker, the recipe is suitable for fasting and vegetarians. Color and grade of the main product do not matter.
Ingredients
• onion head;
• glass of lentils;
• garlic clove;
• 1-2 carrots;
• 1 pepper;
• 3 spoons of butter;
• salt;
• 4 glasses of water.
Cooking
- We pour in any oil in the slow cooker, you can take sunflower or olive. We set the baking mode.
- Add the chopped onion, then throw the carrot. Fry vegetables for about five minutes.
- Add the sweet pepper, cut the pod randomly. Fry and throw garlic.
- We wash lentils, sort them out. Beans can not soak. If you know that your product is boiled for a long time, then you can hold it a little in cold water.
- Throw in a slow cooker, pour four glasses of salted water.
- Close, turn on the “Buckwheat” mode and wait for the ready signal.
- We open and enjoy the fragrant, healthy and lean dish. This lentil can be used as a side dish.
Lentil soup in a slow cooker: a first dish recipe
Recipe for aromatic and healthy lentil soup in a slow cooker, which is prepared with veal. But you can always reduce and simplify the recipe by preparing a vegetarian version without meat.
Ingredients
• 0.4 kg veal;
• 3 spoons of butter;
• a glass of yellow lentils;
• onion head;
• three potatoes;
• salt, paprika;
• carrot;
• a few sprigs of parsley.
Cooking
1. We cut the veal into cubes, as for goulash. Sprinkle with sweet paprika, salt and let sit for an hour, let the product marinate.
2. Clean and chop all prescription vegetables. The size of the pieces, as well as the shape, we do at our discretion.
3. Fry the meat in baking mode for about a quarter of an hour, add butter right away, cover the lid better. Periodically we look for the product not to burn.
4. Add onions with carrots, fry for another five minutes.
5. Add the washed lentils, a glass of water and cook on the quenching program for a quarter of an hour.
6. Rearrange programs on the soup mode.
7. Add the potato tubers, pour in boiling water to the desired level, adjust the thickness of the soup independently, salt.
8. We continue to cook on the quenching program for another half hour.
9. The finished dish is seasoned with parsley. You can add garlic, laurel and other seasonings.
Lentil in a slow cooker: a recipe with chicken fillet
A variation of lentils with chicken, which is simple and easy to cook in a slow cooker. It is somewhat similar to pilaf, but only rice is replaced by beans. A wonderful recipe for dinner or lunch. Chicken fillet is used. Ingredients
• 1.5 cups lentils;
• 3 glasses of water;
• 0.5-0.7 kg fillet;
• 1 tomato or some pasta;
• 1 sweet pepper;
• 0.2 kg carrot;
• 40 ml of oil;
• dill, spices;
• 2 onions.
Cooking
1. We cut carrots and onions into large strips. Optionally, you can cook without onions, but put a lot of carrots.
2. Lay vegetables together with butter and fry in baking mode until half cooked.
3. Add the chopped fillet and continue to fry.
4. As soon as the chicken pieces are light on all sides, we throw the chopped pepper with grated tomato, and after a couple of minutes the washed lentils.
5. Prescription water slightly salted, you can directly add any seasoning to it.
6. Fill the products, close our assistant and prepare the dish on the pilaf mode. Tasty and easy!
Lentil in a slow cooker: a recipe with minced meat
Another recipe for lentil porridge, this time it is cooked with minced meat. Its composition can be any, the type of meat does not matter.
Ingredients
• glass of lentils;
• 2 cups boiling water;
• 180 grams of minced meat;
• 2 onions;
• 1 carrot;
• oil, seasonings.
Cooking
1. Pour several spoons of butter into the bowl, throw the chopped onion, fry for two minutes.
2. Add the carrot, and then the mince. Fry for a long time do not need to lightly change color.
3. Run the washed and sifted lentils. Soak beans beforehand is not necessary.
4. Pour in the boiling water until the salt and spices are added.
5. Install the pilaf program, prepare 15 minutes.
6. Open, add salt and other seasonings.
7. Close and wait for the end of cooking signal.
Lentil in a slow cooker: a tomato soup recipe
An amazing version of lentil soup in a slow cooker, for which the product is desirable to slightly soak. A dish without meat, but you can always add meat broth.
Ingredients
• 5 tomatoes;
• glass of lentils;
• 2 onions;
• 1 carrot;
• 0.8 liters of broth or water;
• salt pepper;
• 2 spoons of butter;
• Greens, garlic.
Cooking
1. Soak lentils for about fifteen minutes. 2. Turn on the baking mode, add butter.
3. We throw onions and carrots, we cut vegetables in any pieces. Fry ten minutes.
4. While vegetables are being cooked, we rub tomatoes, we immediately get rid of the skins.
5. Add lentils to the slow cooker, pour in a glass of broth and prepare for the stewing program for 10 minutes.
6. Pour the tomato, salt and pepper, add the remaining broth and cook for another half hour.
7. Put greens, garlic in soup, serve with croutons and sour cream.
Lentil in a slow cooker: recipe for a dish with mushrooms
Another Lenten, but very satisfying recipe for lentil dishes in a slow cooker. Such porridge can be cooked with absolutely any mushrooms. Mushrooms are used for this recipe.
Ingredients
• 0.3 kg of champignons;
• 2 onions;
• 1 cup lentils;
• 2 glasses of water;
• 1 scoop of tomato if desired;
• seasonings;
• Sweet pepper;
• 50 grams of oil.
Cooking
1. Wash fresh champignons. If the mushrooms are frozen, we thaw out beforehand and squeeze out all the water. We cut the product in arbitrary pieces.
2. Pour oil into the multicooker, you can add a little less. Run the mushrooms and fry until all the water evaporates on the baking program.
3. As soon as the product starts to roast, and all the moisture is gone, start the diced onions.
4. We give lentils to stand in water while the mushrooms are being cooked.
5. Add pepper and tomato paste to the slow cooker.
6. After another couple of minutes, lay out the lentils.
7. Fill with boiling water, salt and pepper.
8. Cooking on the pilaf program before the signal. In the end, you can add more salt, any seasoning and bring the dish to the desired taste.
Lentil in a slow cooker: a recipe for a fragrant dish with eggplants
The option is very tasty and easy to prepare dishes from lentils in a slow cooker. Recipe with eggplants and prunes. The dish requires pre-soaking the beans so that they prepare quickly.
Ingredients
• 0.5 cups lentils;
• 3 eggplants;
• 15 pieces of prunes;
• 50 grams of nuts;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• 2 tsp. lemon juice;
• pepper is different;
• salt;
• some oil;
• mustard, ginger. Cooking
1. Fill the lentils with cold water, leave to swell for about an hour, you can a little longer.
2. Cut eggplants into cubes. If the vegetable is bitter, you can pre-soak. But then you need to squeeze well.
3. Pour some oil, run eggplant in a slow cooker and fry, but not for long, just a little bit.
4. Add the swollen lentils, pour in boiling water so much that it covers the products.
5. We put the program of suppression, we prepare a quarter of an hour.
6. Add the washed prunes.
7. We throw walnuts. You can fry the kernels a little before that, it will be more tasty.
8. Add salt, different types of pepper, put a small spoon of mustard, lemon juice, a little ginger. All you need to mix well and level the surface with a spoon.
9. Garlic cloves just stick in the dish.
10. Cover and cook another 10-15 minutes on the same program.
11. Serve this dish can be both cold and hot.
Lentil in a multivariate - useful tips and tricks
• If you add a little vegetable oil when cooking lentils, it will boil better and get much more tasty.
• In order for the beans to boil faster and to retain all the useful substances in themselves, they should be poured only with boiling water.
• If salt is immediately added to lentils, then it will cook for a long time and remain firm. Any spices are desirable to add at the end of cooking or in the second part.
• Orange lentils are best for soup. Green and brown beans are best used for main dishes.
