French Lentil Salad (Cooked in Wine, Garlic and Onions)

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Cooking lentils in wine with garlic and onions make a very flavorful base for a salad. You can make them ahead (see recipe below) to assemble the salad in a snap. Use leftover rotisserie chicken, smoked lake trout, or omit the meat altogether to make it vegetarian.

 

Build Your Salad With:

French green lentils (see recipe below)

Roasted carrots (see recipe below)

Lakewinds rotisserie chicken or Grab-and-Go pre-shredded chicken

Mixed greens, such as Harmony Valley Farm

Feta cheese

Parsley

French black olives

 

Sautéed Lentils with White Wine

Ingredients

1 Tbsp. olive oil

1 cup French green lentils

1 small onion, chopped

1 garlic clove, minced

1 cup white wine

½ tsp kosher salt

Freshly ground black pepper to taste

¼ cup red wine vinegar

 

Directions

Sort the lentils for any stones and rinse under cold water. In a medium saucepan, heat the olive oil and saute the onion until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and saute for 1 minute more. Add the lentils, the wine and 1 ½ cups water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, cover and let cook for 25 minutes or until tender. Drain and let cool. Add red wine vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste.

 

 

Roasted Carrots

Ingredients

1 bunch of carrots, trimmed and scrubbed

1 Tbsp butter

Kosher Salt

 

Directions

Heat the oven to 450 degrees. In a cast iron skillet melt the butter and add the carrots. Season with kosher salt. Bake for 15 minutes or until browned and tender.

 

To Finish the Salad

If using rotisserie chicken, remove meat from bones and shred. On a platter, layer mixed greens, sautéed lentils, roasted carrots, meat, crumbled feta, parsley (for garnish) and French black olives. Drizzle with olive oil and season with Kosher salt.