Maria’s Lentils

Preparation info
  • 8 to 10

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

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Ingredients

  • pounds lean pork, cubed
  • 1 large onion, coarsely chopped pepper
  • 2

Method

  1. Simmer the pork barely covered with water in a deep skillet. Cook until the liquid evaporates and pork browns.

  2. Add onion and garlic and cook gently until golden brown. Add tomatoes. Simmer.

  3. Meanwhile, cook the lentils in four cups water for about forty minutes, until almost tender. Pour into pork mixture and mix well. Season to ta