Cracked Wheat-Lentil Casserole
Recipe: #24897
September 18, 2016
"One dish meal....just add a salad and you are set! It does have a 6-8 hour soaking time though."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (225.7 g)
- Calories 310.9
- Total Fat - 11.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.6 g
- Cholesterol - 50.5 mg
- Sodium - 586 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 29 g
- Dietary Fiber - 10.3 g
- Sugars - 4.4 g
- Protein - 23.5 g
- Calcium - 40.4 mg
- Iron - 4.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 17.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Combine 4 cups tomato juice, lentils, and cracked wheat in a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish; cover tightly, and let stand at room temperature for 6 to 8 hours. Bake lentil mixture at 300° for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
Step 2
Cook ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat until browned, stirring to crumble meat. Add chopped onion, and cook over medium-high heat until onion is tender; drain.
Step 3
Add the ground beef mixture, remaining 2 cups tomato juice, salt, chili powder, and oregano to the lentil mixture in the baking dish; stirring well. Cover tightly, and bake at 300° for 30 minutes.
Step 4
Remove cover, and bake an additional 30 minutes or until the lentils are tender.
Tips
No special items needed.