Recipe of Ultimate Easy Lentil Soup

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, easy lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Easy Lentil Soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Easy Lentil Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook easy lentil soup using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Lentil Soup:

1. Prepare lentils, washed and picked over
2. Prepare water, or vegetable broth and water combination
3. Get chopped celery
4. Prepare chopped carrot
5. Take green onion, chopped
6. Make ready onion, chopped
7. Prepare garlic, chopped
8. Prepare dried herbs (oregano, thyme blend)
9. Get ground cumin
10. Get curry powder
11. Make ready butter
12. Prepare olive oil
13. Prepare salt, (I ended up adding a little more as I kept adding broth/water. adjust accordingly to your liking)
14. Take pepper

Steps to make Easy Lentil Soup:

1. Chop up green onion, onion, garlic, celery, and carrot.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Add in lentils and stir frequently to coat with the vegetable spice mixture for a couple minutes.
5. 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!

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