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Lentils Recipe | Lentil soup
Description
Lentils are a very nutritive and healthy recipe. Get this tasty and easy to cook lentil soup recipe cooked with the traditional style of the Spanish cuisine, a staple for every foodie!
Ingredients
9 oz
lentils (dried) 1
onion 1
tomato (ripe) 2
carrots 5 clv
garlic 1
green bell pepper (medium) 1 bn
fresh parsley 2 T
olive oil 1 t
salt 3
bay leaves 3 1⁄2 c
water (cold)Instructions
- In a large bowl pour over enough cold water to cover lentils and set aside overnight to soak.
- Drain and rinse lentils, remove discolored ones.
- Put lentils in a pot and cover with water (3 1/2 or 4 cups).
- Peel cloves of garlic, onion and carrots.
- Wash tomato.
- Wash and remove seeds of the green bell pepper.
- Wash fresh parsley.
- Add garlic, onion, carrots, tomato, green bell pepper, parsley (you can put it inside the green bell pepper), olive oil, bay leaves and a teaspoon of salt to the pot.
- Bring the pot to a boil.
- Cover and simmer over low heat for 60 - 70 minutes, depending on the lentils. If using a pressure pot this time should be shorten to 15 minutes approximately.
- Transfer cloves of garlic, onion, carrots, tomato (previously peeled), green pepper (with the parsley inside) and a cup of soup to a blender. Puree until smooth and return to soup.
- Mix, serve and enjoy your lentils soup recipe! See more beans recipes.
Notes
- In Spain is very common to cook lentils with a chorizo sausage, check our homemade lentil soup with chorizo recipe!
- Some lentil soup recipes can include a potato.
- Lentils are normally served with plain rice and splashed with vinegar!
Summary
| Yield | |
|---|---|
| Prep time | 5 minutes |
| Cooking time | 1 hour, 10 minutes |
| Total time | 1 hour, 15 minutes |
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