🇪🇸 Spanish

Lentils Guiso

Name: Lentils Guiso
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 58 min
Total time: 73 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, halved and sliced Onion; 4 cloves, crushed Garlic; 3 Potato; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 2 Bay Leaf; 250 g Lentils; 500 ml Stock or Broth; 200 ml Red Wine; 1 tsp Smoked Paprika

🇪🇸 Spanish

Time does the work here: lentils melts into a glossy braising liquid after a long, gentle simmer. Ready in 73 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 58 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, halved and sliced
Garlic4 cloves, crushed
Potato3
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Bay Leaf2
Lentils250 g
Stock or Broth500 ml
Red Wine200 ml
Smoked Paprika1 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Brown the lentils deeply in the Olive Oil in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.
2
Remove it, then let the onion and garlic soften in the drippings with the smoked paprika.
3
Return the lentils, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.
4
Cover and braise low and slow until the lentils yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.
5
Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: how to cook LENTILS STEW easy 👍 | 09. typical spanish food | lentejas con chorizo · on YouTube