11 flavors that taste great with brown lentils
..and 3 combinations to avoid.
We analyzed over 500,000 recipes to figure out which ingredients makes brown lentils better. On average, recipes with brown lentils received a 4.36⭐ review scores. However, in some combinations, review scores improved significantly. Like with smoked paprika.
These are the most important combinations we found:
Stand out combinations
Improves
High potential
Common combinations
- black pepper
- olive oil
- salt
- water
- carrots
- cumin
- cilantro
- flat leaf parsley
- bay leaf
- thyme
- oregano
- tomato
- tomato paste
- kosher salt
- vegetable oil
- red onion
- cinnamon
- egg
- sea salt
- chicken broth
- curry powder
- basmati
- red chili flakes
- cumin seeds
- spinach
- brown rice
- vegetable stock
- brown sugar
- rice
- baby spinach
- chickpeas
- red wine vinegar
- feta cheese
- tamari
- allspice
- potatoes
- mint
- nutmeg
- rosemary
- butter
- paprika
- kale
- fire roasted tomato
- dijon mustard
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Remember this is how people score them online. A bad combination might not be a bad combination. It might be hard to cook or people make poor substitutions. If you think it makes sense to use something, just pay extra attention.
Here are some great recipes we found with brown lentils:
Roasted Cauliflower and Lentil Tacos with Creamy Chipotle Sauce
cookieandkate.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.6/10
One-Pan Spicy Meatballs With Lentils and Fennel
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.6/10
Lentil-Chickpea Veggie Burgers with Avocado Green Harissa
cookieandkate.com
Review: 4.9/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.4/10
Seared Salmon Fillets With Roasted Fennel And Balsamic Lentils
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.4/10
Roasted Carrot and Potato, Lentils and Miso Parsley Sauce
cookieandkate.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.3/10
Ash Reshteh (Persian Greens, Bean and Noodle Soup)
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.2/10
Lentils With Chorizo, Greens and Yellow Rice
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.4/10
