Easiest Way to Make Homemade Easy Lentil Soup

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, easy lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Easy Lentil Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Easy Lentil Soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

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 it.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Lentil Soup:

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