Brown Lentil Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Place the olive oil into a large 6-quart Dutch oven and set over medium heat. Once hot, add the onion, carrot, celery and salt and sweat until the onions are translucent, approximately 6 to 7 minutes. Add the lentils, tomatoes, broth, coriander, cumin and grains of paradise and stir to combine. Increase the heat to high and bring just to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook at a low simmer until the lentils are tender, approximately 35 to 40 minutes. Using a stick blender, puree to your preferred consistency. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Spray 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In cooker, mix ingredients.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 10 hours. Stir well before serving.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in broth, diced tomatoes, red lentils, brown rice, Italian seasoning, celery flakes, white pepper, and marjoram. Bring soup to a boil; reduce heat, cover, and simmer until lentils break down and rice is tender, about 55 minutes.
• Stir balsamic vinegar into the soup just before serving.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large heavy-bottom pot over medium-high heat. Add the carrot, onion, celery and 1 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are starting to caramelize and take on a dark brown color, 8 to 10 minutes (this step is important as it will add tons of flavor to your soup!).
• Stir in the tomato paste and garlic and cook, scraping up the brown bits, until the garlic is fragrant and slightly softened, 1 to 2 minutes. Add in the lentils, stock, 4 cups water, thyme, bay leaf, oregano, red pepper flakes, lemon zest, 2 teaspoons salt and a generous amount of black pepper and stir to combine. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook until the lentils are softened with just a bit of bite, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Remove the bay leaf. Puree 2 1/2 cups of the soup in a blender until smooth then stir back into the pot. Stir in the lemon juice and parsley. Ladle into bowls and garnish with more parsley.

Steps:

• with salt, sweat the onion, carrot, and celery in hot olive oil.
• add the broth, tomatoes, lentils and seasonings.
• bring to a boil.
• reduce heat and cover, cooking about 35-45 minutes.
• blend if desired (I do not blend).

Steps:

• in pot sautee onion in oil.
• add water and salt cover bring to a boil.
• add lentils cover lower heat and allow to cook until lentils split about 15 -20Min's.
• when the lentils split or become soft with a hand blender puree the lentils with the cumin until soup is creamy.
• return to heat for another 15 Min's.
• serve with toasted pita bread and lemon juice.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, mix the vegetable broth and tomato paste together and bring to a low boil.
• Add the salt, pepper, and lentils and simmer on low heat for 25-30 minutes or until most of the lentils have dissolved.
• Add the lemon juice and spices, and stir well.
• Add some water if the soup needs thinning (it most likely does, tomato paste gets thick).
• Serve and enjoy.

Steps:

• Rinse the lentils and put them in a large pot with 10 cups water and 2½ tsp salt. (I added the salt towards the end of the cooking period as salt added at the start of cooking can make the lentils hard.
• Finely dice the carrots, celery and potatoes and add them to the pot, along with the bay leaf and thyme.
• Bring the water to the boil, lower heat and simmer soup, loosely covered for about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile chop the onion medium fine and saute it in 2 tblsps olive oil, stirring often over a medium heat until it softens. Add the chopped garlic and keep cooking and stirring until the onion begins to colour, about 10 minutes. Add the onion and garlic to the soup as it simmers.
• Lightly toast the cumin seeds in a small pan, stirring constantly for a few minutes until they are fragrant. Grind the cumin in a mortar or spice grinder and add it to the soup, along with 1 tblsp lemon juice and plenty of black pepper.
• Add the vegetable broth and the fresh herbs, bring the soup back to a simmer and taste. Adjust seasonings if necessary. Stir in another 2 tblsps olive oil.
• When serving add a thin drizzle of olive oil on top of each bowl, or put a tsp of mild salsa on top of each serving.

Steps:

• Combine broth, 3 cups water, lentils, rice, tomatoes with reserved juice, carrots, onion, celery, herbs and sausage and bring to boil (do not add parsley and vinegar).
• Simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, 45-55 minutes, or until lentils and rice are tender.
• Stir in parsley and vinegar and season to taste.
• Freezer Note: I often make up a double batch of this delicious soup, freezing half the batch, to provide me with a quick, nutritious dinner further on down the line when time is short and you don't want to resort to ordering in. Just defrost in microwave, reheat well and serve

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add carrots, celery and onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until vegetables begin to soften.
• Add tomatoes, zucchini and stock to pan. Cover and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to medium-low.
• Simmer, partially covered, for 15 minutes or until vegetables are soft.
• Add lentils to soup. Cook for 5 minutes or until heated through.
• Sprinkle with parsley and squeeze lemon juice.
• Season with freshly ground black pepper.