How to Make Favorite Green Lentil Soup

Green Lentil Soup. Bell peppers used in this green lentil soup recipe should be sweet. You can use red, yellow or orange bell pepper. To add a bit of brightness to the soup, add some lemon juice right before serving.

All it takes is a hint of spice flavourings, bay leaves and finishing it off with a touch of lemon to elevate this soup. 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.

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Bell peppers used in this green lentil soup recipe should be sweet. You can use red, yellow or orange bell pepper. To add a bit of brightness to the soup, add some lemon juice right before serving.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook green lentil soup using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Green Lentil Soup:

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

The French green lentils hold their shape better when cooked, while brown lentils will start to break down a bit. Inspired by my Italian pasta with lentils, this delicious green lentils soup is jazzed up with the addition of ginger, cumin, and coriander. These convenient ground spices are not popular in Italian cuisine, but they work so well with lentils and pack a deliciously warm spicy flavor. Heat the oil in a large pot and add onion, carrot and garlic, cooking until onion is tender.

Instructions 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!.

Stir in spices and bayleaf and cook for a further minute. 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. What always amazes me about this humble Green Lentil Soup is how a few ingredients can create something so damn tasty and soul-warming.

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