Slow Cooked Sloppy Lentils
I love my lentils and this is by far my most favorite recipe. They can be slopped on bread for a sandwich, or served in a bowl with some cheese as a chili like soup!
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 red or white onion (small dice)
1 bell pepper (small dice, any color sweet pepper works)
1 anaheim pepper or jalapeno (small dice)
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 & ½ cups dried french green lentils (brown lentils work too) rinsed
One 28 oz can crushed or diced tomatoes
3 cups water
2 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon whole grain mustard
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
fresh ground black pepper
6 buns (we used New Sammy’s Cowboy Bistro buns)
1 tablespoon butter (for toasting buns, optional, and if your feeling wild, grate some aged white cheddar on top too!)
Heat the olive oil in a large saute pan on a stove top over medium heat, then add the onion and peppers, cook until softened or until onions turn transparent (about 5-10 minutes), add the chili powder, stir then turn off the heat.
Get out your crock pot! Add the warm onion mix to the crock pot/slow cooker. Then add your lentils, tomato’s, water, soy sauce, mustard, brown sugar, salt and grind in some pepper (basically everything else), stir all ingredients till well mixed then cover with lid and cook on low heat for 6-8 hours(french green lentils take longer then brown ones). Remember NEVER TAKE THE SLOW COOKER LID OFF!
If you want to make this recipe without the crock pot/slow cooker, just combine ingredients in a large pot on low, stirring every now and then till lentils are cooked through (about an hour or so).
Once the lentils are done, or you are ready to eat, slice the buns, butter and then toast them under your broiler!
Recipe Adapted from Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker
