Munchy Monday #7: Lentils with bacon and rice

Serves 8

You will need:

500 g Spanish pardina lentils (or similar, but not peeled)
250 g smokey bacon pieces
50 g short grain pudding rice
1 portion frozen garlic or equivalent
A squirt of tomato concentrate
Salt
Water to cook

Method:

Soak the lentils for 3 or 4 hours.  Rinse and drain.

Gently fry bacon in a saucepan until slightly browned. Add garlic, tomato and lentils. Stir and fry for a minute, then add water and bring to boil. Count 5 - 7 minutes and then add rice and salt. Stir again and simmer, partially covered, until rice and lentils are soft ( about 15 mins. more ). You will need to keep adding a little water from time to time as both the lentils and the rice soak it up in the cooking process.

 

Note: It is not necessary, in fact, to soak these lentils. However, I prefer to do so because it reduces the cooking time, so spending less gas.