Easiest Way to Make Perfect Cajun pork and lentils

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, cajun pork and lentils. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cajun pork and lentils is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Cajun pork and lentils is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular 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 that.

The ingredients needed to make Cajun pork and lentils:

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