Description
I know nobody expects the words ‘lentils’ and ‘delicious’ in the same recipe title, but this lentil loaf is a hit with vegans, vegetarians and even meat-eaters! I’ve left the glaze open to your own tastes, you can use anything from barbeque sauce to your own mother’s meatloaf glaze. Please add your glaze recipes into the comments!
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups water
- 1 cup brown lentils
- ⅓ cup water
- 3 tablespoons ground flax seed
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, minced
- 1 cup minced fresh mushrooms
- 1 cup minced celery
- 2 large cloves garlic, minced
- ¾ cup quick-cooking oats
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ cup ketchup
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons mustard
- 2 tablespoons smoky barbeque sauce
Instructions
- Combine 2 1/2 cups water and lentils in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat
- cover saucepan
- and simmer until all the liquid is absorbed and lentils are tender
- 20 to 30 minutes.
- Mix 1/3 cup water and ground flax seed together in a bowl; set aside until thickened
- at least 10 minutes.
- Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion
- mushrooms
- celery
- and garlic until softened and liquid from mushrooms has evaporated
- 5 to 10 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan.
- Transfer cooked lentils to a food processor and pulse until about 75 percent of lentils are mashed. Mix onion-mushroom mixture
- flax seed-water mixture
- oats
- flour
- basil
- black pepper
- salt
- and onion powder into lentils until well combined. Press lentil mixture into the prepared loaf pan.
- Combine ketchup
- brown sugar
- mustard
- and barbeque sauce in a saucepan over medium-low heat; cook and stir until glaze is smooth and brown sugar is dissolved
- about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat.
- Bake loaf in the preheated oven for 35 minutes. Spread 1/4 cup glaze over lentil loaf; continue baking until cooked through
- 10 to 15 minutes more. Serve lentil loaf with remaining glaze on the side.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 25 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Servings: 6