All told this recipe took about an hour but it’s an easy hour. While the lentils simmer you can prepare all the other ingredients. I called it soup-stew because it ended up being a thick dish. If you added more water or cooked fewer lentils the consistency would be a bit soupier.

And no, I’m not sorry for the pun.

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