Chicken And Puy Lentil Salad With Coriander Recipes

PUY LENTILS WITH CORIANDER AND HARD-BOILED EGGS

Steps:

• Cook the lentils in plenty of boiling water until tender (about 40 minutes).
• Hard-boil the eggs by simmering them in a pan of boiling water for 7-10 minutes. Then drain them, cover with cold water and leave to cool.
• Heat the olive oil in a pan, add the onion and garlic then cover and cook gently for 5 minutes, until softened.
• Ad the ground coriander to the onion and garlic, stirring for 1-2 minutes, then put in the lentils and leave to cook very gently until the lentils are thoroughly heated. Meanwhile, shell the hard-boiled eggs, rinse them under cold water, then slice them.
• Add the chopped fresh coriander to the lentil mixture, taste and season with pepper and salt. Serve the eggs and lentils together wither mixing them into the lentil mixture or arranging them around it attractively.

LENTIL SALAD WITH WALNUT OIL

Steps:

• Combine the lentils, garlic, bay leaf, onion, carrot and water in a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Bring to a boil. Add salt to taste (1 to 2 teaspoons), reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer 35 to 45 minutes until the lentils are tender. Remove from the heat. and discard the onion, carrot, garlic cloves and bay leaf. Drain through a strainer set over a bowl.
• Whisk together the vinegar, Dijon mustard, salt and shallot or garlic. Whisk in the oil and 2 to 4 tablespoons of the liquid from the lentils. Stir into the lentils. Add the parsley and pepper, and taste and adjust salt. Spoon onto plates, arrange walnuts on top of the lentils, and serve.