Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, cajun pork and lentils. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cajun pork and lentils is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Cajun pork and lentils is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cajun pork and lentils using 28 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cajun pork and lentils:
Prepare lentils
Prepare pork spare ribs strips, cut in small pieces
Make ready pork fat
Take jon cajun seasoning
Get salt
Prepare garlic powder
Get onion powder
Prepare smoked paprika
Take paprika powder
Prepare ground black pepper
Get cayenne pepper
Prepare thyme leaves
Prepare dry oregano leaves
Make ready cumin powder
Take Mexican chili powder
Prepare other ingredients
Make ready diced onions
Get diced red peppers
Make ready diced green pepper
Get diced carrots
Take diced celery
Take chopped tomatoes or chunky tomato sauce
Get minced garlic cloves
Make ready Cajun seasoning
Prepare diced potato
Take white wine
Take + 1 cup. water
Take salt
Steps to make Cajun pork and lentils:
Check the lentils for stones or any foreign objects. - Place the lentils in a container, cover with plenty water and let them soak for a couple hours. - In a bowl mix all the spices for the Cajun seasoning. - Pad dry the ribs with paper towel and mix with 2½ teaspoons Cajun seasoning. Let them marinate for 1 hour. Save the rest of the seasoning for other Cajun recipes.
Cut the vegetables and measure the rest of the ingredients. - Heat up at moderate temperature a large frying pan and melt the pork fat. When some of the fat becomes brown, remove and reserve. - Place the ribs in the frying pan and brown them on both sides. Remove to a deep pot.
Add to the frying pan onion, garlic and brown them, trying to lose any particles sticking on the pan. - Add the rest of the vegetables, brown pieces of pork fat and sweat them for 3 minutes. - Add 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning and cook for 1 minute. Add the vegetables and tomatoes to the pot with the ribs.
Deglaze the frying pan with the wine or water and add to the ribs. - Incorporate the water, bring it to a boil, lower the flame and let the ribs cook slowly for 45 minutes. - Drain the soaking lentils. Add lentils, potatoes to ribs in the pot. - Let boil the liquid, lower the flame and cook slowly for 25 to 30 minutes or until lentils are soft.
Serve the soup with a bit chopped tomatoes and cilantro on top.
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