Rice and Lentils with Spiced Beef and Crispy Onions

Name: Rice and Lentils with Spiced Beef and Crispy Onions
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 12 cup Water (12 cups water); 1 cup Long Grain Rice (1 cup long-grain white rice); 1 lb Ground Beef (1 pound 85 percent lean ground beef); 3 cloves Garlic (3 garlic cloves, minced); 2 tsp Cumin Powder (2 teaspoons ground cumin); ½ tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice (1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice); 2 tsp Table Salt (2 teaspoons salt); 1 tsp Black Pepper (1 teaspoon pepper); 1 can Lentil (1 (15-ounce) can lentils, rinsed); ½ cup Plain Whole Milk Yogurt (1/2 cup plain whole-milk yogurt); 1 cup Yellow Onion (1 cup canned fried onions); ¼ cup Dill (1/4 cup chopped fresh dill)

Boil rice, cook spiced ground beef, mix with canned lentils, and top with yogurt, fried onions, and fresh dill.

30 minMiddle Eastern

Servings4

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Steps

1Bring water to boil in large saucepan over high heat. Add rice and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 12 minutes. Drain rice in fine-mesh strainer.
2Meanwhile, cook beef in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat, breaking meat into small pieces with spoon, until just beginning to brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Add garlic, cumin, 2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, and pumpkin pie spice and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
3Add rice and lentils to skillet and cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, until heated through, about 3 minutes. Transfer rice mixture to platter. Drizzle with yogurt and sprinkle with fried onions and dill. Serve.