Community Pick
Honey Baked Lentils
"A delicious lentil recipe from the More-With-Less Cookbook."
photo by Homemade Mom
- Ready In:
- 2hrs
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 551.96 ml lentils (1 lb)
- 1 small bay leaf
- 1182.95 ml water
- 9.85 ml salt
- 4.92 ml dry mustard
- 1.23 ml ground ginger
- 14.79 ml soy sauce
- 118.29 ml chopped onion
- 236.59 ml water
- 78.78 ml honey
directions
- In a dutch oven or saucepan combine lentils, bay leaf, 5 cups water and salt.
- Bring to a boil.
- Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Discard bay leaf.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a bowl combine dry mustard, ginger, soy sauce, onions and 1 cup water.
- Add to lentils.
- Pour honey on top.
- Cover tightly.
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Serve over rice.
Questions & Replies
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I tried this recipe - is there supposed to be liquid still in the dish? It seems as if the last cup added wasn't absorbed...
Reviews
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We are not normally lentil eaters, but I decided to try this recipe because it was cheap, easy and looked good. It was fantastic! I sprinkled it with tabasco-vinegar sauce and it was even better! Next I'm going to try making a sandwich with it. Thanks Cornelia for the great recipe! -
This is a delicious way to prepare lentils! I have fond memories of eating lentils as a child - my mother often would order lentil soup at restuarants and I always snuck a taste. This recipe is so tasty and unique- even the lentil haters in the bunch enjoyed them this way. Very clear instructions, and makes a ton of lentils - served as a side dish, I could easily get 15 servings out of this. Thanks! -
Excellent recipe. I added some garlic and cumin powder and had some chile sauce on the side. It was great over rice and served with a tortilla. Lots left over for the freezer for later use. Thank you Cornelia. -
Almost a great replacement for baked beans. Added real maple syrup instead of honey - great!
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These are wonderful!!! What a great flavor. I did a crock pot version, using a mix of yellow and green split lentils. I mixed the salt and all the spices (I doubled the ginger) with the lentils in my 5 qt. crock pot, poured the honey on, added the onions, poured the water in, added the bay leaf, and cooked on HIGH for 4 1/2 hours. The lentils were perfect! I used 5 1/2 cups water, and it absorbed it all. I read a lot of reviews, and I also added 4 strips of cut up, pre-cooked bacon to the lentils, when they had about 2 hours left to cook. My husband put Sriracha sauce on his, but I just ate mine plain, and we had it over write rice. This is a keeper. Thanks!
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Tweaks
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I received this recipe in a handout from Legume group at the state fair in 1980's. After cooking the lentils in 5 cups water, no additional water was added. So... ELIMINATE the 1 cup water that is added with the spices. Along with the spices, 6 pieces of diced cooked bacon is also stirred in before pouring 1/2 cup of honey over the top. -
Almost a great replacement for baked beans. Added real maple syrup instead of honey - great!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Julesong
Tukwila, 87
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