Lentils Cacciatore Recipe (2024)

This looks like the perfect use of the carrots and red pepper that have been self-isolating in my vegetable drawer.

Made for lunch today, and was quite good. The bell peppers softened up and got deliciously sweet. Depending on the brand of your tomatoes, plan to add somewhere from a moderate to generous amount of salt. I aimed for slightly undersalted, so people could adjust with Maldon salt when served. Used as a topper for rosemary-parmesan polenta and everyone ate seconds.

I happened to have all the ingredients for this! Just before serving I added the baby baby spinach that wasn’t going to last another day. It added color as well as nutrition. Served over faro. Picky spouse approved. A delicious recipe for during and after lockdown.

@mz: You can make tomato paste, if you'd like. Put tomato sauce in a microwave safe dish, like a Pyrex measuring cup. Cover it loosely with a paper towel, and microwave on high in 30-45 second increments, stirring after each period. You'll have paste in no time! I find one cup sauce gives me 1/3 cup paste, but mileage varies by brand of sauce.

Really nice rich vegan friendly stew. I topped with some chopped fresh parsley and vegan Parmesan and served with a hunk of lightly toasted homemade sourdough.

Made with red lentils, fresh rosemary, diced tomatoes, and sherry vinegar, and left the bell pepper out since I didn't have one, and they're out of season. Ate on its own. Smelled wonderful while it was cooking and tasted just as good. I love Ali Slagle's recipes and always look forward to them.

I didn't have carrots, so I used cubed sweet potato instead. Tasted wonderful still!

Followed directions, except used a roasted red pepper from a jar which I added with the garlic to sauté a bit before adding rest of ingredients in Step 2. Served over whole wheat pasta with peas on top. Excellent.

Easy and tasty but I would reduce the capers (they completely dominated the flavor), up the bell pepper, cook it longer to bring out its sweetness, and cook the garlic for a little while before adding tomato paste so that it can soften (otherwise you'll bit on half raw garlic slices). A little thyme didn't hurt the overall flavor.

add a bay leaf!!!

Made this for dinner tonight. Didn’t have wine on hand so we used vegetable broth. Used a can of fire-roasted diced tomatoes which added some nice flavor. We also like some heat, so we put in red pepper flakes at the end. Great quick recipe, we’ll definitely make it again.

I made the dish per the recipe except I used chickpeas. I cooked the dried chickpeas, with a few cloves of garlic, a carrot cut in four pieces and one stalk of fresh rosemary, for 90 minutes until soft. I used 2 cups of the chickpeas and a little less that two cups of the cooking liquid. Served it with egg tagliatelle noodles and it was terrific. A bit more substantial than the red lentils - very satisfying and the tastes in the recipe works very well with the chickpeas as prepared.

Enjoyed this dish and it was quite simple. I used fresh tomatoes instead of canned since we had them in the house and skipped the capers. I also used red wine vinegar since I didn't have an open bottle of red wine. The family approved! Good, hearty vegetarian dinner, the Times has some great red lentil recipes. The spicy red lentil soup is excellent too. I don't know what it is with red lentils but they go quite well with tomato.

In this coronavirus world we're living in presently, being adaptable is the key. Red, green, brown, yellow, orange... It all works just fine.

This tastes delicious as I’m cooking it but the lentils are no where near to being done at 35 minutes. Am I alone here?

Made with 2 kinds of lentils and dried mushrooms. Used thyme instead of rosemary because I don't like rosemary. Tasted too tomato-y for me. Won't make again.

I don’t know how you make this with dried lentils without adding more liquid. I put in an extra cup of water after 20 minutes of cooking.

If anyone has made this, I'd love to know if it turns into more of a dal. Red lentis have always broken down to a paste than stayed separate - especially after 25 minutes of cooking.

Try poaching eggs in it and adding some heat like calabrian chilies etc. Za taar will be good and definitely some cilantro

Made this for the first time tonight and it was delicious! Added onion, mushrooms and broccoli. Served over bowtie pasta. Used broth instead of water and it turned out great.

Made this last night on a whim, since I had all the ingredients and wanted to try something new. It’s so good! This dish is warm and filling, with just the right balance of sweet and salty. I added crushed red pepper for a little warmth, and substituted chopped green olives for the capers. Absolutely delicious. I’ll be adding this to the regular rotation!

This was one of my meatless Monday dishes. It will remain in my rotation for no meat dishes. A picky meat lover LOVED this and didn’t miss the meat.

I like the recipe (I've made it) but the name puzzles me. Do hunters eat lentils?

Made almost as written. Cooked carrots long enough to caramelize. Reduced capers to1.5 Tbsp. & cooked garlic to soften per Rahel's note. Used 1.25 cans diced tomatoes because I had some left over. 2 Tbsp. red wine with 2Tbsp. red wine vinegar. Served with plain canned hominy, used canning liquid as part of stock. Extra salt, also another dash of vinegar (or try squeeze of lemon?) at end of cooking. Yes, 1/2 tsp. smoked paprika!Plan to top leftover with steamed bok choy. It's a keeper!

Love this - add chopped onion with the carrot and red pepper and oregano with the rosemary. Also needed additional time to cook the lentils in Denver at higher altitude.

The lentils make this delightfully thicker than a chicken cacciatore, which always feels a little too watery to me. I added a small bulb of fennel chopped into the same size pieces as the carrot because I love the earthy sweetness that fennel imparts. With all those carrots and tomatoes (and the added fennel) this is quite naturally sweet with a luscious umami feel from the tomato paste and the lentils. Will make this again and again.

Doubles well

This was so good.

This needed a little "heat"- so added red pepper flakes. Very good- will make this again.

Loved this soup! Added sliced fresh crimini mushrooms and fresh parsley. Used the large can of tomatoes, an extra carrot, more lentils and rosemary. So simple and yet so robust in flavor. Had w fresh sourdough bread, a lemony radicchio and green salad and a nero d’avola. A perfect antidote to a cold winter night.