Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, easy lentil soup. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Easy Lentil Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Easy Lentil Soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
A soup this easy to make should not taste this good; it should require a grocery list a mile long, your knife Wholesome and satisfying, this vegetarian lentil soup is how to reboot after a season of. How to make a delicious and super easy lentil soup. It is going to be one of your favorites this winter!
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have 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
- Get 5 cup water, or vegetable broth and water combination
- Make ready 1/2 cup chopped celery
- Prepare 1/2 cup chopped carrot
- Take 1 green onion, chopped
- Make ready 1/2 onion, chopped
- Prepare 1 clove garlic, chopped
- Get 1 1/2 tsp dried herbs (oregano, thyme blend)
- Get 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- Get 1/2 tsp curry powder
- Prepare 1 tbsp butter
- Get 1 tbsp olive oil
- Get 1 tsp salt, (I ended up adding a little more as I kept adding broth/water. adjust accordingly to your liking)
- Make ready pepper
Easy Lentil Soup is a Healthy Soup Recipe! One of the reasons I love this soup is because it's light and healthy. This Easy Lentil Soup stores nicely in the refrigerator for several days. Lentils are popular in all cultures where a lot of beans are eaten because they are so simple to prepare.
Steps 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!
They need no soaking and they cook up in no time. This is the BEST lentil soup recipe!! It's full of amazing lemony flavor, it's naturally healthy and vegan and gluten-free, it's quick and easy to make, and SO delicious. Lentil soup recipes can range from superhearty to watery and tasteless. This soup is best of both worlds: filling and flavorful, yet light and vegetarian.
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