Dinner Tonight: Spinach Salad with Lentils and Crispy Goat Cheese

Name: Dinner Tonight: Spinach Salad with Lentils and Crispy Goat Cheese
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 355 milliliters green lentils (preferably De Puy variety); 1 large egg, beaten; 4 servings Extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling; 118 milliliters finely chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves; 59 milliliters flour, for dredging; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 312 grams fresh goat cheese; 118 milliliters neutral oil, such as canola; 237 milliliters olive oil; 118 milliliters panko or breadcrumbs; 4 servings Sea salt; 946 milliliters fresh spinach leaves

Dinner Tonight: Spinach Salad with Lentils and Crispy Goat Cheese might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 43% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 951 calories, 36g of protein, and 66g of fat. Only Head to the store and pick up panko, flour, oil, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the sea salt you could follow this main course with the Raspberry Sea Salt Brownies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Add the lentils to a pot and cover with a couple inches water and a good pinch or two of salt. Bring to a boil and simmer until tender but not mushy, adding more water if necessary, about 30 minutes. Season to taste as they cook.

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Lentils

Water

Salt

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Pot

Drain, then add 1/2 the olive oil into the pot and cook the garlic until fragrant, about 2 minutes, then return the lentils to the pot and cook for an additional 5 minutes until warmed through. Stir in parsley and remaining oil.

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Olive Oil

Lentils

Parsley

Garlic

Cooking Oil

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Pot

In the meantime, lightly pack the goat cheese into a 1/3 cup measure to divide the cheese into rounds, then press them gently flat into patties.

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Goat Cheese

Cheese

Spread the flour on a small plate, the egg on another, and the panko or breadcrumbs on a third. Dredge the goat cheese in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs to coat on all sides, then set aside.

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Breadcrumbs

Goat Cheese

Spread

All Purpose Flour

Panko

Egg

While the lentils are warming with the garlic, heat the neutral oil in a large skillet until extremely hot, close to smoking.

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Lentils

Garlic

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add a goat cheese round; it should sizzle and turn golden within a couple minutes. Repeat with remaining goat cheese rounds, cooking both sides until golden and crisp, removing to drain on paper towels after cooking. Heap the lentils and spinach on plates, top with the goat cheese, and finish with drizzled olive oil and sprinkled sea salt.

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Goat Cheese

Olive Oil

Sea Salt

Lentils

Spinach