Name: Spiced lentil and Chorizo salad
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 shallot (or ½ red onion); 50g cooking Chorizo; 1 green chilli (optional); 1 handful cherry tomatoes; 1 cup cooked or tinned green or brown lentils; 1 tsp olive oil; 1 tsp Dijon mustard; dash of apple cider vinegar; 2 Tbsp chopped parsley; 1 spring onion, thinly sliced

Spiced lentil and Chorizo salad

11 Jan 2018

by Dinna

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Total Time

20 minutes

Background

I had some leftover simply cooked lentils (just added garlic and celery to the cooking water) so I decided to make this easy yet delicious lentil and chorizo salad the next day for lunch. If you don’t want it spicy use red pepper slices (fresh or from a jar) instead of a chilli. Serve with wholesome bread.

Ingredients

1 shallot (or ½ red onion)
50g cooking Chorizo
1 green chilli (optional)
1 handful cherry tomatoes
1 cup cooked or tinned green or brown lentils
1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp Dijon mustard
dash of apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp chopped parsley
1 spring onion, thinly sliced

Instructions

Cut the Chorizo into 1cm cubes. Finely chop the onion or shallot. Put them in a frying pan and heat up gently. Cook for 5 minutes, until the Chorizo has released its fat.
Meanwhile slice or chop the chilli if used. Add these to the Chorizo together with the tomatoes. Put a lid on and gently sauté.
Drain the lentils and put them into a bowl. Add the olive oil, mustard, half of the parsley and a dash of vinegar. Taste, season and adjust the vinegar & mustard content. Set aside.
When the onion is soft and the tomatoes are about to burst add the lentil mixture and gently combine.
Fold in the spring onion and the remaining parsley.
Serve warm.

Tips

I used Puy lentils for this recipe - but any other green or brown lentils would do too!

https://cooktogether.com/recipe-items/spiced-lentil-chorizo-salad/

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