Lentil Lettuce Cups with Peanut Sauce
This light, yet filling, any-night-of-the-week dinner is fresh and easily modifiable to your palate. I used a dry-saute method in this recipe and the video further explains how this is done.
Ingredients
Setup
- 1/2 white onion, diced small
- 1/2 cup French Lentils
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- Lettuce of your choosing, I find radicchio is nice for its sturdy leaves
- 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 lime, sliced
- one recipe of the Everyday Peanut Sauce
Directions
Heat up a large sauce pan over high heat for about 3-4 minutes.
Add the diced onion, pull the heat down to medium-high and continually stir. This is a dry saute. Keep a ramekin of water nearby and add a teaspoon of it to the sauce pan if your onion begins to stick.
++ Please watch the video below on how to dry saute. ++
When the onion has become golden brown, add the lentils, 1 1/4 cup water and a pinch of salt. Bring the water to a boil and then immediately down to a simmer and cover for 25 minutes.
Test to make sure the lentils are soft enough to eat. There's nothing more damaging to a tummy than under-cooked beans!
Allow to cool slightly and scoop into lettuce cups.
Garnish with bell pepper, squeeze on a little lime juice and drizzle with the peanut sauce. Enjoy!
Makes 6 lettuce cups.
For more information on why + how to dry saute.
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