Rice and Lentils with Spiced Beef and Crispy Onions

Name: Rice and Lentils with Spiced Beef and Crispy Onions
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 12 cups, water; 1 cup, long-grain white rice; 1 pound, 85 percent lean ground beef; 3 , garlic cloves, minced; 2 teaspoons, ground cumin; 1/2 teaspoon, pumpkin pie spice; 2 teaspoons, salt; 1 teaspoon, pepper; 1 (15-ounce) can, lentils, rinsed; 1/2 cup, plain whole-milk yogurt; 1 cup, canned fried onions; 1/4 cup chopped, fresh dill

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2019

A pre-fab pumpkin pie spice blend allows us to add a range of flavors with just one ingredient.

SERVES4

TIME30 minutes

Rice and Lentils with Spiced Beef and Crispy Onions

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This is a fast, weeknight riff on the classic Lebanese dish mujaddara. Boiling the rice in 3 quarts of water cooks it in almost half the usual time.

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