Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, easy lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook easy lentil soup using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Lentil Soup:
- Make ready 1 1/2 cup lentils, washed and picked over
- Take 5 cup water, or vegetable broth and water combination
- Get 1/2 cup chopped celery
- Get 1/2 cup chopped carrot
- Take 1 green onion, chopped
- Get 1/2 onion, chopped
- Take 1 clove garlic, chopped
- Take 1 1/2 tsp dried herbs (oregano, thyme blend)
- Take 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- Make ready 1/2 tsp curry powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp butter
- Prepare 1 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 1 tsp salt, (I ended up adding a little more as I kept adding broth/water. adjust accordingly to your liking)
- Prepare pepper
I loved that this soup was so quick and easy. It's a snowy Saturday, and I was enjoying a good book, wanted a bowl of soup, but didn't want to undertake a major project. I used a frozen Mirepoix mix for my veggies, added a bit of tomato paste, thyme and Old Bay seasoning, and tossed a handful of fresh spinach in at the end. In a large saucepan combine lentils, broth, onion, tomato paste, garlic and cumin.
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!
I used a frozen Mirepoix mix for my veggies, added a bit of tomato paste, thyme and Old Bay seasoning, and tossed a handful of fresh spinach in at the end. In a large saucepan combine lentils, broth, onion, tomato paste, garlic and cumin. Serve with a squeeze of lemon. This earthy, simple-to-make lentil soup can be embellished however you please. Leave it plain, and it's warming and velvety.
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