Guest posting today and sharing her delicious recipe is Diana . Diana has a beautiful blog filled with wonderful Spanish recipes and gardening tips.
~Erica
First of all, I wanted to thank Erica for asking me to guest post on her blog. I absolutely adore her blog, recipes and love for her country! I have made so many of her recipes and they always please my entire family.
I wanted to share a Spanish recipe unique to my Spanish heritage. This has to be one of my favorite Spanish comfort foods. This is a recipe that I have grown up with and could eat every day if I had to. It's a super easy recipe and my boys really enjoy it. I do want to apologize in advance for the picture as it was one of my first posts when I started blogging.
Lentils with rice and Spanish chorizo sausage(Lentejas con Chorizo)
Ingredients
- 1 cup lentil beans
- ½ cup white rice
- 1 Palacios Chorizo Sausage
- 1 green pepper sliced in half (this is where I used my frozen peppers from last seasons harvest!)
- ½ white onion
- 3-5 garlic cloves
- 1 to mato
- 2 bay leaves
- Un choreon de aciete A good drizzle of Olive Oil (about 3-4 tbl)
- 2 tsp Pimenton Spanish Smoked Paprika
Instructions
- In a large pot put the lentil beans, chorizo sausage, green pepper, tomato, onion, garlic cloves, and 2 bay leaves.
- Cover with water 2 inches above the beans, sausage and vegetables.
- Mix in the Olive Oil and Smoked Paprika.
- Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 -40 minutes until the lentils are tender.
- Once the lentils are tender, add the white rice and simmer for an additional 20 minutes until the rice is tender.
Chorizo Sausage and Pimenton are two staple spanish ingredients in this recipe.
Chorizo is a dry/cured sausage that is found in every local bar and household in Spain. The taste is amazing. In Spain, they sell different varieties of Chorizo. Some that can be cut into thin slices and eaten in sandwiches (bocadillos or montaditos), and other varieties that are meant to be used for cooking in stews. Here in the states, it's difficult to find a good sandwich Chorizo. One of the only producers is found in California, La Espanola Meats. They are a manufacturer of premium Spanish-style sausages and cured meat products. Locally, Gateway Market sells Palacios Chorizo. Which is a harder Chorizo sausage perfect for stews.
Pimenton, is a Spanish Paprika. This paprika gives great taste to foods especially when used in stews! After trying a Spanish Paprika, you'll never buy the tasteless stuff found in the U.S. This can also be found at our local Gateway Market or online at latienda.com.
*Note - if your water starts to evaporate too much, add some 😉
Super Easy! No dicing of vegetables needed!! Just slice them in half and add them in. My favorite thing about this recipe is that it tastes wonderful the day after! This meal tastes great with a green salad and crusty bread. Enjoy!!
Vinolia
that's a yummy preparation!! I 've always loved the sausage/lentils combination!! will try this sometime!!
Juliana
Nice rice dish with sausage...sounds and looks very tasty...yummie!
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie
I love chorizo! Such a yummy dish!
La Mas Linda
Im going to the market first thing tomorrow morning.... and you better believe Ill be serving this for dinner!!! It looks beautiful and delicious, thank you for posting this:)
sangeetha
Hi Erica,
Thanx a bunch for stopping by kothiyavunu..
Spanish chorizo sausage looks inviting and yummy..its wonderful new recipe to me
keep rocking dea..!!!
Hope to see ur updates with many more yummy treats..
Cheers!!!!
Gloria
I love lentils Erica, me encantan y màs con chorizo, rica receta, besooss gloria
Faith
What a lovely dish! Both my husband and I love lentils with rice, so I'll definitely be making your recipe soon!
Erica
Thank you guys for visiting my blog 🙂
Christine @ Fresh Local and Best
This looks so flavorful and hearty!
rebecca subbiah
oh great to have Diana on here as well looks yummy as ever, I need to try this one love Rebecca
Diana@Spain in Iowa
Thanks for having me Erica!
Luigi and Kim - Thank you!
Joan and Devina - Besitos!!
Kim
I love anything with chorizo in it. Sounds like a winner of a recipe to me!
Luigi
I find Chorizo can make some dishes a little too oily. Although that looks amazing, and most definitely delicious.
Joan Nova
Two of my favorite bloggers in one spot. I love lentils and I love chorizo - great combo with rice.
Divina
Beautiful dish. You can't go wrong with chorizo. Thanks Diana.
Erica
Diana,
Thank you so much for sharing this delicious recipe with my readers! I really appreciate it 🙂