Sweet and spicy lentil chili

[nobodyhere]

Sweet and spicy lentil chili

I wasn't sure I'd like this recipe because of the quantity of molasses in it, but it's actually very good. The recipe is from Fresh From the Vegetarian Slow Cooker. (An excellent cookbook. I recommend checking out the author's blog here.) I ate it with natchos

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[corbet]

I've read that cooking beans with anything tomato-based makes them go a little 'crunchy', because of the acid. Maybe that's what happened with the lentils?

A and I tried to make something very like this in Cuba, but we used a rice cooker. I like the idea of using molasses though -- extra iron! =)