Lentils With Caramelized Onions, Sweet Potato and Sausage
This is a twist on a recipe I found in the Gourmet Cookbook – Lentils and Curried Rice with Fried Onions. It’s delicious – I highly recommend you try it out! Today, however, seemed like the perfect day to experiment with it. I have been craving lentils with sweet potatoes for quite some time. I decided to add some sausage to create a little more depth to the dish. You can leave it out if you want – it’s just as good. This is also very good topped with a fried egg or drizzled with a little yogurt.
Lentils With Carmelized Onions, Sweet Potato and Sausage
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/2 pound bulk sausage (I used a sweet garlic sausage - but any kind is fine)
2 small onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
salt and pepper to taste
1 sweet potato, peeled and diced
1 1/2 cups lentils, rinsed and picked over
1/2 cup jasmine rice
1 cup chicken stock
1 1/2 cups water
1 lemon
1/2 cup chopped parsley (cilantro would be good here also)
Yogurt
In a large stock pot, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add sausage, onions and garlic – cooking until browned and sausage is cooked through. Add in lentils, rice, sweet potato and spices. Cook for 2 minutes. Add in water and chicken stock and bring to a boil. Drop the heat to low, cover and simmer for 25 minutes until lentils and rice are cooked through. Add lemon juice and chopped parsley. Fluff with a fork. Serve with yogurt on the side.
The total cost on this recipe is $2.35 (without the yogurt) and it serves at least 6 as a main dish – that’s $.39 per serving! Aside from how frugal this dish is, I also like the fact that I can make this early in the week and have it for lunch (or breakfast).
What are your favorite ways to serve lentils? Do you keep them meatless or do you typically add in some kind of meat? I’d love to hear from you!
Alright, I have to admit…pretty much ANYthing w/ caramelized onions would be on my hit parade.
*anna
I agree – there is nothing better than the smell of onions and garlic slowly cooking!
This is so up my street – I adore lentils
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Me too – I’m always looking for new ways to make them!
Reblogged this on thesavvycook and commented:
I reblogged this because this is a recipe that I would love to try myself! Also, because it looks delicious!
Thanks for liking my last cook salmon like a pro post! Looking forward to more of your recipes!
Thank you! That was a great post!
I’ve got everything on hand so I’m bumping my Meatless Thursday meal and going to try this instead (minus the sausage to keep it meat-free). It’s going to be my first lentil experience and I figure I can’t go wrong with caramelized onions!
I can’t wait to hear what you think! I especially love my lentils with a little yogurt…not sure why!
I’m officially making this for dinner tomorrow! Sounds delicious..
It was really good – I especially liked it drizzled with a little yogurt!
We just ate this for dinner (couldn’t wait for tomorrow) and it was super yummy! I added cilantro instead of parsley a little Parmesan cheese on top. Even our two-year old ate some!
I’m so glad you liked it! Cilantro sounds great!
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