How To Make Lentils Eggs and Bacon Rice Bowls Recipe
Enjoy a mouthful of these hearty rice bowls mixed with lentils, eggs, bacon, and veggies! It’s also healthy and easy to make for the whole family.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupcarrots,chopped
- 1½cupssmall green lentils,rinsed well
- 4cupschicken broth,low sodium
- 1bay leaf
- 1cupwater
- ½tspolive oil
- ¾cuptomato,diced
- ⅓cupscallion,chopped
- 1clovegarlic,minced
For Serving:
- 7½cupsbrown rice,cooked
- 5large eggs,hard boiled, chopped
- 5slicescenter cut bacon,cooked
- 2tbspscallion,chopped
- kosher salt,to taste
Instructions
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Combine the carrots, lentils, broth, bay leaf, and water in a large pot or Dutch oven.
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Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce the heat to low for 30 minutes.
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Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium heat with oil. Add the oil, scallions, and garlic, and cook for 2½ minutes.
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Add the tomatoes, salt, and pepper and cook for 2½ minutes, stirring.
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Stir into the lentils after being cooked for 30 minutes, then cook covered for an additional 10 minutes.
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To serve, ladle ⅔ cup of lentils over ¾ cup of rice.
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Top with ½ chopped egg, ½ slice of chopped bacon, scallions, and salt to taste.
Nutrition
- Calories: 733.74kcal
- Fat: 13.62g
- Saturated Fat: 3.86g
- Trans Fat: 0.03g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 5.60g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.15g
- Carbohydrates: 128.06g
- Fiber: 7.77g
- Sugar: 3.17g
- Protein: 23.72g
- Cholesterol: 105.45mg
- Sodium: 818.09mg
- Calcium: 82.68mg
- Potassium: 771.81mg
- Iron: 4.84mg
- Vitamin A: 152.00µg
- Vitamin C: 4.39mg
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