Sauté the onion, garlic, and green pepper until soft, about 5 minutes. Add a little water if they start to stick.
Add the chili powder, paprika, and cayenne to the vegetables; stir and cook about one minute.
Add the rest of the sauce ingredients and mix. Add the lentils, simmer for a few minutes to let the flavors develop.
Serve on toast or burger buns.
Notes
This recipe calls for canned lentils but you can easily cook lentils beforehand. One cup dried green or brown lentils to 4 cups of water; cooks in about 20 minutes. Lentils do not have to be soaked.To make it even more quickly, use a jarred barbeque sauce (read the label to minimize oil). Just simmer the lentils in the sauce for a few minutes to develop flavor.Very good served with crunchy slaw.