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Hearty Mujaddara
A comforting Lebanese dish of lentils, rice, and caramelized onions.
⏱ 50 min🔥 350 kcalEasy
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Lebanese Lentils Recipes
10 recipes using lentils — Hummus, falafel, kibbeh and the jewels of Levantine cuisine.
These 10 lebanese lentils recipes are ready in about 57 minutes on average, with 220–580 kcal per serving, and 80% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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57 min
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380 kcal
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How Lebanese cuisine cooks with lentils
Lebanese food is fresh, herb-forward and built around the table of meze — bright with lemon, garlic and good olive oil. When Lebanese cooks work with lentils, they reach for olive oil, lemon, garlic, tahini, sumac and za'atar, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, caramelising and steaming.
Quick-cooking pulses that bring earthy heartiness and plant protein to soups, dals, stews and salads. In this collection it's most often cooked with olive oil, ground cumin, ground cinnamon, basmati rice, onions and ground coriander. The dishes here span lebanese classics ready in as little as 35 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Saffron Lentil Stew Levantine is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 1,740 ratings.
10 Lebanese Lentils Recipes
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Mujaddara (Lebanese Lentils, Rice and Crispy Caramelised Onions)
The ancient Middle Eastern dish that proves humble ingredients can achieve greatness — brown lentils and rice slow-cooked together and crowned with deeply caramelised crispy onions. Vegan, cheap, extraordinary.
⏱ 70 min🔥 420 kcalEasy
★4.8(1,400)
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Shorbat Adas
Lebanese red lentil soup with cumin and lemon — warming, velvety, and complete.
⏱ 40 min🔥 260 kcalEasy
★4.8(2,340)
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Lebanese Mujadara (Lentils, Rice and Caramelised Onions)
The Levant's most beloved peasant dish — brown lentils and rice simmered together, crowned with mountains of deep-fried caramelised onions, finished with cumin and lemon.
⏱ 75 min🔥 580 kcalEasy
★4.9(980)
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Mujadara (Lebanese Lentils and Rice with Crispy Onions)
Hearty Lebanese mujadara — green lentils slow-cooked with rice and blanketed in sweet, deeply caramelized onion rings. Vegan comfort food at its finest.
⏱ 75 min🔥 420 kcalEasy
★4.8(1,240)
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Mujadara Rice and Lentils
Earthy lentils and rice topped with deeply caramelized onions.
⏱ 55 min🔥 360 kcalEasy
★4.8(2,310)
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Saffron Lentil Stew Levantine
Saffron Lentil Stew Levantine with bright herbs, yogurt, olive oil and balanced acidity.
⏱ 35 min🔥 380 kcalHard
★4.9(1,740)
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Shorbat Adas (Lebanese Red Lentil Soup)
A silky, cumin-scented Lebanese red lentil soup finished with a squeeze of lemon, simple enough for a weeknight but deeply comforting.
⏱ 45 min🔥 220 kcalEasy
★4.5(34)
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Moudardara (Lebanese Lentils and Rice with Caramelized Onions)
A comforting Lebanese dish of lentils and rice simmered together, topped with deeply caramelized onions, often paired with yogurt.
⏱ 60 min🔥 390 kcalEasy
★4.6(28)
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Lebanese Mujadara Bowl with Crispy Onions
Warm-spiced lentils and rice topped with deeply fried crispy onions, a Lebanese comfort classic.
⏱ 65 min🔥 420 kcalMedium
★4.7(57)
Choosing & preparing lentils
How to choose
Choose by type: red/yellow lentils break down into creamy dals and soups; green and Puy lentils hold their shape for salads and sides. Look for whole, unbroken, uniform pulses.
Prep & storage
No soaking needed — just rinse and pick out any stones. Add salt and acid towards the end, since early acidity can keep them firm; aromatics in the cooking water build flavour from the start.
Nutrition
An excellent source of plant protein, fibre, iron and folate, with a low glycaemic impact that keeps you full.
Classic flavour partners: cumin, garlic, onion, ginger, tomatoes, spinach
Lebanese Lentils Recipes — FAQ
How long do Lebanese lentils recipes take to make?
Most of these 10 Lebanese lentils recipes are ready in around 57 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Saffron Lentil Stew Levantine, takes about 35 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 75 minutes.
How many calories are in Lebanese lentils dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 220 to 580 kcal per serving, averaging 380 kcal — Shorbat Adas (Lebanese Red Lentil Soup) is the lightest option at 220 kcal.
What is the easiest Lebanese lentils recipe for beginners?
Hearty Mujaddara is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 50 minutes. 80% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with lentils in Lebanese cooking?
In these recipes, lentils is most often paired with olive oil, ground cumin, ground cinnamon, basmati rice, onions and ground coriander. Lebanese kitchens also lean on olive oil, lemon, garlic, tahini, sumac and za'atar.
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