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Mujadara

Lentils, brown rice and caramelized onions
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Lebanese
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Mujadara
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 3 onions thinly sliced
  • 2 tsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp fresh ground pepper
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • cayenne pepper to taste. (I used 1/4 tsp)
  • 2 tsp red wine vinegar
  • 3 cups lentils canned lentils, drained and rinsed
  • 4 cups brown rice cooked (day old rice works really well)
  • 3 cups fresh spinach

Method
 

How to make Mujadara
  1. In a large soup pot or dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat.
  2. Add onions, salt and spices. and cook until they soften, stirring often. This will take about 10 minutes. Deglaze with red wine vinegar.
  3. Add lentils, brown rice and spinach. Cook until spinach has wilted, about 3 minutes.
  4. Taste and adjust seasoning. Add a squeeze of lemon juice and remove from heat.

Notes

Once the onions are cooked, you can remove half of them and use them as garnish. 
If you decide to go this route, use a slotted spoon or spatula to remove about half of the onions to a paper towel-lined plate and use as garnish later. 
Do you enjoy savoury main dishes? Add a cinnamon stick before you stir in the rice and discard before serving.