Simple Way to Prepare Quick Cajun pork and lentils

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, cajun pork and lentils. One of my favorites food recipes. 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 favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Cajun pork and lentils is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

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

Steps 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.

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