Best Lentil Vegetable Stew Recipes

VEGETABLE LENTIL STEW

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine the first 15 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 35-40 minutes or until lentils and vegetables are tender. , Stir in spinach; heat through. Combine topping ingredients; dollop about 1 tablespoon on each serving.

RED LENTIL AND VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Sauté the carrots, onion, and celery in the olive oil until they start to caramelize a bit.
• Add the garlic about a minute before the vegetables are finished sautéing.
• Add the red lentils, and stir until mixed with the vegetables.
• Add the stock, tomatoes and juice, cumin, and Tabasco, if using.
• Bring to a simmer over medium heat and reduce heat to medium low.
• Simmer until the lentils are tender, about 25 minutes.
• If the liquid all evaporates and the lentils are not done, add a little water to keep the simmer going.

RED LENTIL VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Make the stew: Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in thyme, garlic, squash, turmeric, lentils, and stock. Bring to a simmer and cook until squash is almost tender when pierced with the tip of a sharp knife, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Stir in chickpeas and kale and simmer until kale is tender, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Make the yogurt-herb sauce: Stir to combine yogurt, parsley, and lime juice in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
• Ladle stew into a serving bowl and serve dolloped with yogurt sauce. Garnish with parsley sprigs.

SAMBAR (SPICY LENTIL AND VEGETABLE STEW)

Steps:

• Combine water, toor dal, onion, tomato, pumpkin, okra, peas, and radishes in a pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook until dal, pumpkin, and radishes start to soften, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Heat oil in a small pan over medium heat and add mustard seeds. Stir in garlic, red peppers, curry leaves, and sambar powder. Cook until fragrant, about 5 minutes.
• Stir seasoned oil mixture into the stew and cook until flavors combine, 25 to 30 minutes more. Stir in tamarind, salt, and red chile powder.

LENTIL VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. Dutch oven or soup kettle, combine first 15 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45-60 minutes or until rice and lentils are tender. Add additional water or tomato juice if necessary. , Stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and cook until vegetables are tender, about 45 minutes.

LENTIL AND VEGETABLE STEW WITH KALE

Steps:

• Heat oil in large pot over high heat. Add onion and next 3 ingredients; sprinkle with salt and pepper and sauté until beginning to soften and brown, 10 to 11 minutes. Stir in lentils and herbes de provence. Add broth and kale. Bring to boil, stirring to incorporate kale. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover with lid slightly ajar, and simmer until lentils are tender, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes. Add more broth to thin, if desired. Season with salt and pepper.

ITALIAN LENTIL & VEGETABLE STEW (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Mix lentils and 3 cups water in a 3-quart or larger (slow-cooker) crock pot.
• In a large bowl, mix together remaining ingredients EXCEPT olive oil; Place mixed ingredients on top of lentils in crock pot.
• Cook on LOW 8 to 10 hours until vegetables and lentils are tender; Stir in olive oil, Serve in soup plates or bowls; Pass the Parmesan cheese at the table.

LENTIL AND VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Heat lentils and water to boiling in 4-quart Dutch oven; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer about 30 minutes or until lentils are almost tender.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except zucchini and lemon. Cover and simmer about 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• Stir in zucchini. Cover and simmer 5 to 7 minutes or until zucchini is crisp-tender. Serve stew with lemon wedges.

LENTIL-VEGETABLE-KIELBASA SLOW COOKER STEW

Steps:

• Combine water, tomatoes with juice, tomato paste, red wine, basil, thyme, bay leaf, crush red peeper in slow cooker.
• Stir to blend.
• Add lentils, onion, carrots, celery, potatoes, garlic, greens and kielbasa.
• Cover.
• Cook on low 10-12 hours or on high 4-5 hours.
• Remove bay leaf, and serve with chopped basil, parsley, hot sauce or sour cream garnish (or any combination of these).
• NOTE: I prefer to add the canned greens and kielbasa in the last hour of cooking, but if you don't have time for that, just throw everything together in the slow cooker and forget about it until dinnertime!

CURRIED LENTIL AND VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• In 4-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and curry powder; cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Gradually whisk Bisquick into broth until well blended. Stir broth mixture, soup, apple juice, sweet potatoes and soybeans into saucepan. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender.

LENTIL AND VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Heat oil and fry onions and garlic until softened but not browned.
• Add the potatoes, carrots, celery and lentils. Stir to coat the vegetables with oil.
• Add tomatoes, tomato puree, herbs and vegetable stock.
• Bring to boil, cover and simmer for 40 - 45 minutes, or until the lentils and vegetables are very tender. You might need to add some water at this stage if the stew seems to be too thick.
• Remove bay leaf.
• Mash the lentils and vegetables.
• Ready to serve.
• Freeze in portions what is not going to be used within 2 -3 days.

MOROCCAN LENTIL AND VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Dice the onion and mince the garlic. Sauté both in a large pot with olive oil over medium heat until softened. Dice the celery while the onions and garlic are sautéing, then add to the pot and continue to sauté for 2-3 minutes more. Add the cumin, turmeric, cinnamon, and cayenne pepper to the pot. Stir and cook the spices with the vegetables for 1-2 minutes. Add the diced tomatoes (with juices), chickpeas (rinsed and drained), and cauliflower florets (no need to thaw). Stir the pot until everything is well mixed. Add the vegetable broth and bay leaf, turn the heat up to high, place a lid on the pot, and allow it to come to a boil. Once it reaches a boil, add the lentils. Stir and let it come back up to a boil, then turn the heat down to low. Let the stew simmer on low, with the lid, for 30 minutes. After simmering for 30 minutes, the lentils should be tender. Remove the bay leaf and give the stew a taste. Add salt if needed (this will depend on the type of vegetable broth used. I did not add any additional salt), then serve.

VEGETABLE LENTIL STEW

Steps:

• In a large heavy pot, heat oil and cook onions until tender. Stir in green, red peppers and carrots and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in eggplant and zucchini. Add all the spices and toss to coat. Stir in the lentils. Add the wine, tomatoes, oregano and basil. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Cover and simmer gently for 1 hour. If more liquid is needed, add 1 cup of water. Stir the stew occasionally. When lentils are tender, stir in the beans. Cook for another 20 minutes. Season to taste. Garnish with chopped parsley.

LENTIL AND VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• 1. Heat water and lentils to boiling in dutch oven.
• 2. Reduce heat.
• 3. Cover and cook until lentils are almost tender, about 30 minutes.
• 4. Stir in potatoes, onion, celery, garlic, parsley, bouillon, salt and cumin.
• 5. Cover and cook until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
• 6. stir in kale or swiss chard.
• 7. Cover and cook until chard is tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
• 8. Serve with lemon wedges.
• 9. garnish with crumbled feta cheese.

LENTIL-VEGETABLE STEW WITH KALE

Steps:

• 1. Heat olive oil in large pot over medium high. Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until they begin to soften, about 3 minutes Add Carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, lentils, broth, bay leaf, and thyme. 2. Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat so liquid is just simmering, cover and cook 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. 3. Stir in kale and cook 15 to 20 minutes, or until kale and lentils are tender. Stir in red wine vinegar and season with salt and pepper to taste. Remove bay leaf.

ROOT VEGETABLE & LENTIL STEW

Steps:

• All all ingredients to a large soup pot and stir to combine. Cover and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
• Decrease heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, until veggies and lentils are soft (35 to 40 minutes).
• Season with salt and pepper to taste. Spoon into deep bowls and serve.

VEGETABLE-LENTIL STEW

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven, mix together the first 15 ingredients.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer until rice and lentils are tender, about 1 hour.
• Add more water or tomato juice if necessary.
• Stir in the remaining ingredients.
• Cover and continue cooking until vegetables are tender, usually 1 hour.