Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, easy lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Easy Lentil Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Easy Lentil Soup is something that I have loved my whole life.
This is our easy lentil soup recipe, perfect for weekday evenings. My family loves lentils and specifically lentil soup and I feel like I have to cook soups like this Easy Lentil Potato Soup more often. This Easy Slow Cooker Lentil and Potato Chili is one of our favorite.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook easy lentil soup using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Lentil Soup:
- Get 1 1/2 cup lentils, washed and picked over
- Make ready 5 cup water, or vegetable broth and water combination
- Make ready 1/2 cup chopped celery
- Prepare 1/2 cup chopped carrot
- Make ready 1 green onion, chopped
- Take 1/2 onion, chopped
- Make ready 1 clove garlic, chopped
- Get 1 1/2 tsp dried herbs (oregano, thyme blend)
- Take 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- Take 1/2 tsp curry powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp butter
- Take 1 tbsp olive oil
- Make ready 1 tsp salt, (I ended up adding a little more as I kept adding broth/water. adjust accordingly to your liking)
- Prepare pepper
This soup is healthy, nutritious, low-fat and delicious! Enjoy it with a nice slice of crusty bread. Lentils are simmered in a rich So many lentil soup recipes require a ton of ingredients and time; but not this one, this recipe is. Easy Lentil Soup recipe prepared in one pot with potatoes, carrots & greens.
Instructions to make Easy Lentil Soup:
- Chop up green onion, onion, garlic, celery, and carrot.
- Add olive oil and butter to large pot and heat on medium-low. When you see it start slightly bubbling, add in onions, celery, garlic, and carrots.
- Let it all simmer about 3 to 5 minutes or until translucent and fragrant. Add in cumin, herbs, curry, a good pinch of salt, and pepper. Let it simmer another couple of minutes.
- Add in lentils and stir frequently to coat with the vegetable spice mixture for a couple minutes.
- Add in water, cover, and reduce heat to low. Let it cook for about 40-60 minutes or until the lentils are tender and a nice flavor has developed. You will need to give it a stir about every 10 minutes and check on the amount of water. You may want more or less depending on if you want something more soupy or more like a stew consistency. I added in a couple cups of water/broth at a time until I had the consistency I liked. Enjoy!
Made with heart healthy ingredients, this soup is filled with flavor & comfort. Add kale and stir into soup until wilted and bright green. Remove from heat, add a squeeze of lime juice, and season as needed. Add tomatoes, lentils, thyme, and vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover partially, and simmer until lentils are tender.
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