Ingredients
Quantities for 4 portions
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Method
- Brown the Mexican chorizo in olive oil. Add onion, carrot and celery until soft.
- Stir in garlic and tomatoes and cook until jammy.
- Add lentils, chicken broth, thyme, bay leaves, salt and black pepper. Simmer until the lentils are tender, about 40 minutes.
- Taste for salt and serve with lime.
Shopping tip
Lentilhas pardas, chouriço (or bacon if Mexican chorizo is missing), cenoura, aipo, tomate. Caldo de frango. Serve with lima.
Where it fits in your week
Suits a calmer day, or cooking ahead at the weekend.
At the portions as written, there is enough for a second meal.
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Times, portions and protein per portion are the recipe author's estimates, not laboratory measurements.