🫘 Lentils with Rice and Turkey

Ingredients

• 🫘14 oz (400 g), about 2 1/2 cups cooked lentils
• 🍚2/3 cup uncooked (4.2 oz / 120 g) rice
• 🦃9 oz (260 g) ground turkey
• 🧅3/4 cup chopped (3.2 oz / 90 g) onion
• 🫑1/2 cup chopped (3.2 oz / 90 g) red bell pepper
• 🥕1 medium (2.8 oz / 80 g) carrot
• 🍅1/2 cup (4.2 oz / 120 g) crushed tomatoes
• 🫒2 tsp (11 ml) olive oil
• 🧂1 pinch salt
• 🌿1 pinch black pepper

• Recipes with canned cooked lentils
• Recipes with rice
• Recipes with ground turkey
• Recipes with onion
• Recipes with red bell pepper
• Recipes with carrot

How to make it, step by step

1. Finely dice the onion, red bell pepper and carrot. Rinse and drain the cooked lentils.
2. Heat the oil in a wide pot and sauté the onion, bell pepper and carrot for 4-5 minutes; add the ground turkey, season with salt and pepper and brown it, breaking it up with a spoon.
3. Add the crushed tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes; add the rice and stir to coat, cover with about 1 1/2 cups (350 ml) of hot water and bring to a boil.
4. Lower the heat, cover and cook for 12-14 minutes; add the drained lentils, stir and simmer 3-4 more minutes until the rice is done and the dish is juicy. Let rest for 2 minutes and serve.