One-Pot Mujadara With Crispy Leeks and Spring Greens
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 236.59 ml green lentil (or brown)
- 2 leeks, white and light green parts only, roots trimmed
- 11.09 ml salt, more as needed
- 59.14 ml olive oil, extra virgin
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 177.44 ml long-grain rice
- 7.39 ml ground cumin
- 2.46 ml ground allspice
- 1.23 ml cayenne
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 946.36 ml greens, trimmed and chopped (chard leaves, spinach, kale, mustard or a combination)
directions
- Place lentils in a large bowl and add warm tap water to cover by 1 inch. Let soak.
- Meanwhile, halve leeks lengthwise; run under warm water to release any grit. Thinly slice leeks crosswise.
- Heat oil in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat. Add leeks and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and crispy, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer half the leeks to a bowl to use for garnish and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Stir garlic into the pot with the remaining leeks and cook for 15 seconds until fragrant. Stir in rice and sauté 2 minutes. Stir in cumin, allspice and cayenne; sauté 30 seconds.
- Drain lentils and stir into pot. Add 4-1/4 cups water, 2 teaspoons salt, bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Bring to a simmer. Cover and cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Rinse greens in a colander and spread damp leaves over lentil mixture. Cover and cook 5 minutes more, until rice and lentils are tender and greens are wilted. Remove from heat and let stand, covered, for 5 minutes. Serve sprinkled with reserved crispy leeks.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
lecole54
Machias, Maine
I only came to cooking in my 50s, when we moved home to a tiny town with only a few restaurants. I'm always on the hunt for easy, flavorful recipes (often ethnic cuisines), and I'm always ready to try something new and different! In cold weather I gravitate to stews, soups, and casseroles of the not-too-heavy kind; in hot weather I love a salad or cold soup. Partly because of my husband's diabetes (I'm borderline) and partly out of indolence, baking is not my thing.