Best Lentil Soup

Prep Time: 10 min | Cook Time: 45 min | Servings: 6

Best Lentil Soup

Ingredients

SERVINGS
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  • Olive oil
    ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • medium yellow or white onion
    1 medium yellow or white onion
  • Carrot
    2 carrots
  • Garlic clove
    4 garlic cloves
  • Cumin
    2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • Curry
    1 teaspoon curry powder
  • Thyme
    ½ teaspoon dried thyme
  • large can of diced tomatoes
    1 large can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes
  • Brown lentils
    1 cup brown or green lentils
  • Vegetable broth
    4 cups vegetable broth
  • Water
    2 cups water
  • Salt
    1 teaspoon salt
  • Crushed red peppers
    Pinch of red pepper flakes
  • Black pepper
    Freshly ground black pepper
  • fresh collard greens or kale
    1 cup fresh collard greens or kale
  • lemon juice
    1 tablespoon lemon juice

Get Ready!

Olive oil

Olive oil

medium yellow or white onion

medium yellow or white onion

Carrot

Carrot

Garlic clove

Garlic clove

Cumin

Cumin

Curry

Curry

Thyme

Thyme

large can of diced tomatoes

large can of diced tomatoes

Brown lentils

Brown lentils

Vegetable broth

Vegetable broth

Water

Water

Salt

Salt

Crushed red peppers

Crushed red peppers

Black pepper

Black pepper

fresh collard greens or kale

fresh collard greens or kale

lemon juice

lemon juice

large Dutch oven or pot

large Dutch oven or pot

Blender

Blender

Steps

1.
Extra virgin olive oil
Extra virgin olive oil
0.25 cup
Yellow or white onion
Yellow or white onion
1 medium
Chop
Chop
chopped onion
chopped onion
Carrots
Carrots
2
Peel and chop
Peel and chop
peeled and chopped carrots
peeled and chopped carrots
Sauté
Sauté
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large Dutch oven or pot
medium
5 minutes
2.
Garlic
Garlic
4 cloves
Press or mince
Press or mince
pressed or minced garlic
pressed or minced garlic
Ground cumin
Ground cumin
2 teaspoons
Curry powder
Curry powder
1 teaspoon
Dried thyme
Dried thyme
0.5 teaspoon
Sauté
Sauté
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medium
30 seconds
3.
Diced tomatoes
Diced tomatoes
1 large can (28 ounces)

Lightly drain tomatoes.

Sauté
Sauté
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medium
3-4 minutes
4. Bring to boil
Brown or green lentils
Brown or green lentils
1 cup
Rinse
Rinse
Vegetable broth
Vegetable broth
4 cups
Water
Water
2 cups
Salt
Salt
1 teaspoon
Red pepper flakes
Red pepper flakes
1 pinch
Black pepper
Black pepper
Bring to boil
Bring to boil
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high
5. Reduce heat and simmer

Cover partially.

Simmer
Simmer
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medium-low
25 to 30 minutes
6. Thicken broth
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Soup
Soup
2 cups

Blend 2 cups of your soup... Pour it back into the pot. (Or use a potato masher directly in the pot.)

Blend
Blend
7.
Fresh collard greens or kale
Fresh collard greens or kale
1 cup
Chop
Chop
chopped greens
chopped greens
Lemon juice
Lemon juice
1 tablespoon
Simmer
Simmer
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medium-low
5 minutes