Recipe: Yummy Chilean lentils in slow cooker

Chilean lentils in slow cooker.

You can have Chilean lentils in slow cooker using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chilean lentils in slow cooker

1. Prepare 1 cup of uncooked lentils.
2. You need 1/2 of onion.
3. You need 1 of pepper bell (any colour, or all).
4. Prepare 1 of carrot.
5. You need 1 of garlic clove.
6. Prepare 1 of tbp oil.
7. You need 1 cup of vegetable broth.
8. You need 4 of tbp uncooked white rice.
9. Prepare of Rosemary.
10. You need of Oregano.

Chilean lentils in slow cooker instructions

1. Soak your lentils in water for 6 to 8 hours, leaving about 2 centimeters of water (or more) above the lentils.
2. Chop the onion, bell pepper, carrot and garlic in small cubes.
3. Strain the lentils and save the water for watering plants (do not use it for cooking).
4. In a pan, add oil and heat for a few seconds, then add the vegetables and sauté them until everything is soft and fragant.
5. Add the vegetables and lentils to the slow cooker. Then add the broth and 2 and a half cups of water..
6. Season with salt, pepper, rosemary and oregano to taste..
7. Stir to mix all ingredients evenly, then set to cook in high temperature for 4 hours, or cook in low for 6 hours..
8. When there is about 20 minutes of cooking left, add the rice and stir to mix. You may replace rice for one chopped and peeled potato..
9. When cooked, serve immediately..
10. OPTIONAL: when served, you can add chopped fried sausages, fried or hard boiled eggs on top.