From the earliest times, people eat lentils. It is extremely useful, and besides it has a huge advantage over other legumes - it does not need to be soaked and long to cook. If you want to cook, for example, a salad of green lentils, then you do not have to worry that it gets boiled. Other varieties - red or brown, boil only 10-20 minutes in boiling water. Therefore, to prepare a salad of lentils, you will not need much time. And you can even take advantage of the canned - you just need to drain the water and mix the lentils with vegetables, meat and greens.
Salad with lentils and chicken
Any of the following salad recipes you can prepare from both canned lentils and pre-cooked.
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 500 g;
- onion - 1 piece;
- lentils (canned) - 150 g;
- mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- soy sauce - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- apple vinegar - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Preparation
Chicken fillet boil. Onion is cleaned and cut into half rings, poured cold water and add apple cider vinegar. Then mix the lentils (pre-dissolving the liquid), onions, add soy sauce, spices and mix well. Cook the chicken, chop it into pieces and put it into a salad of lentils. Season with mayonnaise, mix and serve.
Lentil salad with mushrooms
This salad is best served warm, but in the cold, it will please many of you. By the way, if the combination of legumes and mushrooms leads to your delight, then we can offer you to prepare a second dish - lentils with mushrooms .
Ingredients:
- champignons - 10 pieces;
- string beans - 300 g;
- lentils - 1/3 cup;
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- soy sauce - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- greens (parsley, dill) - 1 handful;
- garlic - 5 denticles.
Preparation
We boil the lentils and drain the water. Champignons are sliced, fried in a dry frying pan until the moisture evaporates, then add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of butter and continue to fry until done. Beans are also fried in a separate frying pan with vegetable oil: simmer for about 10-12 minutes under a lid on low heat.
Now we prepare the dressing for a salad of lentils: chop the garlic, chop the greens, mix the ingredients and pour in soy sauce. In a frying pan, mix beans, lentils, mushrooms, add sauce and heat on high fire for about 30 seconds. Remove from heat, cover a salad of lentils with mushrooms and cover and let stand for 10-15 minutes. Then we put it in a salad bowl.
Warm salad with lentils
Ingredients:
- feta cheese - 200 g;
- olives - 50 g;
- cherry tomatoes - 150 g;
- arugula, salt - to taste;
- Balsamic vinegar - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- olive oil - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- 1/2 lime juice;
- ginger - 0,5 tsp.
- black pepper - to taste.
Preparation
Boil the lentils on a small fire, then drain the water, mix it with feta cheese (cut into cubes), tomatoes, cut into halves and finely chopped olives. We put the greens in a salad bowl, then lentils and water with a dressing from balsamic vinegar,
By the way, any salad you can cook from sprouted lentils, which in its properties is not inferior to wheat sprouts. You can grow it yourself, if you fill it with water, cover it with gauze and watch that the lentils are not dry. When she gives the sprouts, you can safely prepare a salad of lentils with any ingredients that you like to add. Sprouted lentils will have a sweetish taste and resemble green peas. And to such a salad you can cook and excellent first course - soup-puree from lentils .