Steps to Prepare Ultimate Cajun pork and lentils

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, cajun pork and lentils. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cajun pork and lentils is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Cajun pork and lentils is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

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

Instructions 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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