Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week Cajun pork and lentils

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, cajun pork and lentils. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cajun pork and lentils is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Cajun pork and lentils is something that I have loved my entire life.

I don't cook with lentils often, but I do love them, especially lentil soup. I should cook with them more often because lentils have lots of health benefits and are full of proteins. This is a recipe I am transferring here from an old handwritten recipe card. I have no idea where it came from, but I have made it many times over the years and we really like it. (There are several recipes for Cajun pork chops here, but the dry rub mixture in this recipe has different ingredients.) Nutritional Information.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook cajun pork and lentils using 28 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Cajun pork and lentils:

1. Prepare lentils
2. Get pork spare ribs strips, cut in small pieces
3. Take pork fat
4. Prepare jon cajun seasoning
5. Prepare salt
6. Take garlic powder
7. Get onion powder
8. Prepare smoked paprika
9. Prepare paprika powder
10. Take ground black pepper
11. Take cayenne pepper
12. Prepare thyme leaves
13. Prepare dry oregano leaves
14. Make ready cumin powder
15. Take Mexican chili powder
16. Get other ingredients
17. Make ready diced onions
18. Get diced red peppers
19. Prepare diced green pepper
20. Take diced carrots
21. Make ready diced celery
22. Take chopped tomatoes or chunky tomato sauce
23. Make ready minced garlic cloves
24. Take Cajun seasoning
25. Make ready diced potato
26. Make ready white wine
27. Get + 1 cup. water
28. Prepare salt

Or swap Cajun spice mix for Moroccan. Combine lentils with the spices and water. Be sure to use a large enough saucepan as the lentils will double or triple in size. A black pot of Cajun Pork Jambalaya is a defining Cajun recipe that speaks the language of Louisiana.

Instructions to make Cajun pork and lentils:

1. Check the lentils for stones or any foreign objects. - Place the lentils in a container, cover with plenty water and let them soak for a couple hours. - In a bowl mix all the spices for the Cajun seasoning. - Pad dry the ribs with paper towel and mix with 2½ teaspoons Cajun seasoning. Let them marinate for 1 hour. Save the rest of the seasoning for other Cajun recipes.
2. Cut the vegetables and measure the rest of the ingredients. - Heat up at moderate temperature a large frying pan and melt the pork fat. When some of the fat becomes brown, remove and reserve. - Place the ribs in the frying pan and brown them on both sides. Remove to a deep pot.
3. Add to the frying pan onion, garlic and brown them, trying to lose any particles sticking on the pan. - Add the rest of the vegetables, brown pieces of pork fat and sweat them for 3 minutes. - Add 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning and cook for 1 minute. Add the vegetables and tomatoes to the pot with the ribs.
4. Deglaze the frying pan with the wine or water and add to the ribs. - Incorporate the water, bring it to a boil, lower the flame and let the ribs cook slowly for 45 minutes. - Drain the soaking lentils. Add lentils, potatoes to ribs in the pot. - Let boil the liquid, lower the flame and cook slowly for 25 to 30 minutes or until lentils are soft.
5. Serve the soup with a bit chopped tomatoes and cilantro on top.

Be sure to use a large enough saucepan as the lentils will double or triple in size. A black pot of Cajun Pork Jambalaya is a defining Cajun recipe that speaks the language of Louisiana. But as is the case with many Louisiana dishes, there are I've discovered that one key to great Cajun pork jambalaya is to sauté and brown all of the ingredients-meats and vegetables-in a cast-iron pot. The most delicious and tender Cajun Pork Chops recipe in a just-spicy-enough tomato sauce. This post may contain affiliate links.

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