Ingredients
- 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 1 recipe basic cooked lentils, see recipe below
- 6 to 8 slices thick-sliced bacon, cooked and chopped
Directions
Whisk the vinegar, olive oil, mustard, salt, pepper, parsley and thyme together in a large mixing bowl. Add the warm lentils and bacon and stir to combine. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Basic Cooked Lentils:
- 1 pound brown or green lentils, approximately 2 1/2 cups
- 1 small onion, halved
- 1 large clove garlic, halved
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 pound salt pork, optional
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Pick over the lentils, rinse and drain. Place the lentils along with the onion, garlic, bay leaf, salt and pork into a large 6-quart saucepan and cover with water by 2 to 3 inches. Place over high heat and bring just to a rolling boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer until the lentils are tender, approximately 25 to 30 minutes. Drain any remaining liquid and discard the onion, garlic, bay leaf and salt pork. Stir in black pepper and taste for salt. Serve immediately.
Note from Alton: Those of you who watched this program on the 17th or 18th will want to disregard one particular suggestion I made regarding lentils: don't feed the left over onions to your dog. It turns out onions are not good for dogs in any shape or form. I'm grateful to the fans who emailed me after the airing for setting me straight on this nutritional peculiarity. As for my own dog's ability to digest onions, well...she's more hog than dog I guess.
Cook smart,
Alton
















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By Pattyer1
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on May 16, 2013
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I've made this salad dozens of times now. The oil and vinegar measurements definitely need to be reversed, and be sure to use fresh thyme (not dried and plenty of it. I just toss in a strip of bacon to the cooking water rather than bother with salt pork. Do not cook the lentils as long as AB recommends, unless you like mush ... I start testing them at 11 minutes. After cooking the bacon, I serve it separately from the salad, as the bacon will get soggy if left in the salad overnight in the fridge. One of my daughters is a near-vegetarian -- I may try the soy bacon idea that somebody posted!
By moonlittigerlil...
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on April 29, 2013
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All I could taste was vinegar. It wasn't terrible, but I'm not making it again.
By Global Brendan
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on January 27, 2013
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My wife loves this, especially in the spring with spring garlic.
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