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Lentil and cold-meat salad

This salad combines lentils, chunks of cooked meat, sliced hard-boiled eggs, shallot and herbs, with a good vinaigrette dressing.

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Last modified on: December 7^th 2014

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 200 g cooked meat
2 2 hard-boiled eggs
3 1 shallot
4 250 g green lentils
5 parsley
6 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 650 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
13 min.	30 min.	43 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Lentil and cold-meat salad : Photo of step #1

Cut 200 g cooked meat into small chunks. You can use any leftover meat (beef, chicken, pork...), or even a mixture.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Lentil and cold-meat salad : Photo of step #2

Put the meat into a bowl. Slice 2 hard-boiled eggs and add with 1 shallot, finely chopped.

Stage 3 - 30 min.

Lentil and cold-meat salad : Photo of step #3

Boil 250 g green lentils in a large quantity of salted water. When cooked (tender), drain thoroughly.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Lentil and cold-meat salad : Photo of step #4

Add the lentils to the bowl, then add the chopped parsley and 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette). Stir round well and it's ready.

Remarks

This is even better if the lentils are still warm. Serve straight after the final mixing, if possible.

Keeping

2 or 3 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,812 Kcal or 7,586 Kj	104 gr	116 gr	104 gr
91 %	40 %	11 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
279 Kcal or 1,168 Kj	16 gr	18 gr	16 gr
14 %	6 %	2 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
453 Kcal or 1,897 Kj	26 gr	29 gr	26 gr
23 %	10 %	3 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Egg, Sulfites, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.97 €
Per person : 0.74 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Green lentils: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cured Pork Belly With Lentils, Sausage and lentils "en cocotte", Warm lentil salad, Cajun-style lentil salad, ... All
	Cooked meat: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Rustic chicken and mushroom pie, Hachis parmentier, Jerusalem artichoke purée with leeks, Cassoulet-style shepherd's pie., Bistro sandwich, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: French bean salad with vinaigrette , Rice and purple-sprouting broccoli salad, Cornouaillaise salad, Cherry tomato and green bean salad, Alsatian-style salad, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mixed salad stack, Seb's Italian-style aperitif slices, Leeks in vinaigrette , Layered Leek and Egg Gratin , Julia salad, ... All

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