Potaje de lentejas (lentil and pork stew)
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- 1 whole whole head of garlic
Roast a whole head of garlic and put it into a pot of hot water with the lentils, bay leaves, pepper and salt.
- hot water
- lentils
- bay leaves
- pepper
- salt
- olive oil
Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven; roughly chop a large onion and quarter plum tomatoes.
- 1 whole large onion
- plum tomatoes
- fresh pork costilla
- pork leg meat
- smoked pork belly from Temozón
- smoked longaniza sausage
Brown the pork rib, then leg meat, then smoked pork belly and big pieces of smoked longaniza in the hot oil.
Browning the pork and adding recado
- ricado rojo
- chile dulce
- Xcatique chili
Soften red recado with some lentil broth and pour it over the meat; add the tomatoes and onions, a chile dulce and a whole Xcatique chili; cover.
- calabaza
- carrot
- chayote
- potato
- cabbage
Cut calabaza, carrot, chayote and potato into large pieces and add them to the lentils; cover and cook everything 30 minutes, adding the cabbage whole at the end.
Chile dulce, Xcatique and the vegetables