Jerk Lentils with Coconut Rice and Pineapple Salsa - My Food Bag

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Steps

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Prep & cook lentils

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Bring a half kettle to the boil. Finely dice onion and capsicums. Heat a drizzle

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of oil in a medium pot on medium heat. Stir-fry onion for about 3 minutes,

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until softened. Add jerk marinade, lentils and another drizzle of oil and cook,

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stirring, a further 1 minute, until fragrant.

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Add tomato paste, stock and boiling water and bring to the boil on high heat.

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Reduce heat to low-medium and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 25

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minutes, then add capsicum and ½ tsp salt and cook a further 5-8 minutes, or

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until lentils are cooked through. Remove kernels from corn cob and set aside.

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Cook rice

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Combine all coconut rice ingredients with ½ tsp salt in a pot and bring to the

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boil. Once boiling, stir and cover with a lid and reduce to lowest heat to cook

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for 15 minutes. Turn off heat and steam, covered, for 10 more minutes. Do not

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lift lid during cooking.

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Prep pineapple salsa

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Roughly chop drained pineapple; finely dice chilli; dice tomatoes; roughly

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chop mint. Toss all pineapple salsa ingredients together in a medium bowl and

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season to taste.

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Finish lentils

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Once lentils are cooked, stir through corn and thyme. Season to taste and leave

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for 1-2 minutes to warm through.

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Serve coconut rice and jerk lentils with pineapple salsa and freeze-dried pineapple.