Green Lentil Soup
Green Lentil Soup

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, green lentil soup. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Green Lentil Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Green Lentil Soup is something that I have loved my entire life.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have green lentil soup using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Green Lentil Soup:
  1. Make ready 1 Red bell pepper
  2. Get 1 White or yellow onion
  3. Prepare 3-4 Whole chives
  4. Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin
  5. Get 2.5 pounds or 3g of Green lentils
  6. Take to taste Salt
  7. Take 5 cloves garlic (optional)
  8. Get 1 tomato or tomato paste (preferably without peel)
  9. Prepare Water to cover ingredients
  10. Prepare 1 tbsp Chicken bouillon (optional)
  11. Take 2 tbsp Sofrito cooking base
  12. Take 1/4 cup Green peas
  13. Get 1/4 cup diced peeled carrots
  14. Get 1/2 cup green beans
  15. Prepare 1/2-1 cup yellow squash (calabaza)
  16. Get 1/4 cup sweet corn

The result is a hearty winter soup with layers of flavor. Both French green lentils (available in natural-foods stores and specialty markets) and more commonly available brown lentils are delicious in this soup. The French green lentils hold their shape better when cooked, while brown lentils will start to break down a bit. Add in lentils, stock, and tomatoes w/ juice; bring to a boil.

Steps to make Green Lentil Soup:
  1. Rinse lentils then add to pot with enough water to cover completely.
  2. Add red pepper (roughly chopped in large pieces), onion (cut in half), garlic, chicken bouillon, whole chives, tomato (whole or paste), salt
  3. Stir, combing ingredients then Bring to a simmer, cover, and let cook for 20 minutes.
  4. After 20 minutes, lower flame to Med low and remove onion, whole tomato, chives, and red pepper from pot and set aside to mix in blender.
  5. Stir lentils and taste water to check if desired salt level has been achieved. If not, we can add more salt after blending remaining ingredients.
  6. Take ingredients we set aside (red pepper, tomato, chives, onion) and add to blender (or food processor) and make a purée with these ingredients. Add salt if desired then add purée back to lentils stirring to combine and simmer on medium for another 20 minutes or until lentils are at desired tenderness.
  7. Serve with rice or bread!

The French green lentils hold their shape better when cooked, while brown lentils will start to break down a bit. Add in lentils, stock, and tomatoes w/ juice; bring to a boil. Discard bay leaves; season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle into heated bowls and garnish with reserved bacon. Use green lentils, red lentils, brown lentils or a lentil soup mix.

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