Hearty Lentil Soup (Serves 4)
By @chef1
A comforting and nourishing lentil soup, perfect for a cold day. Simple to make with pantry staples.
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Ingredients
- ●2 tablespoons Olive Oil
- ●1 medium Onion, chopped
- ●2 medium Carrot, chopped
- ●2 stalks Celery, chopped
- ●2 cloves Garlic, minced
- ●1 cup Brown or Green Lentils, rinsed
- ●1 (14.5 ounce) can Diced Tomatoes
- ●6 cups Vegetable Broth
- ●1 teaspoon Dried Thyme
- ●1 Bay Leaf
- ●1 teaspoon Salt
- ●1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper
- ●1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
Instructions
- 1Heat olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat.
- 2Add onion, carrot, and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5-7 minutes.
- 3Add garlic and cook for 1 minute more, until fragrant.
- 4Stir in lentils, diced tomatoes, vegetable broth, thyme, and bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper.
- 5Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 30-40 minutes, or until lentils are tender.
- 6Remove bay leaf. Stir in lemon juice.
- 7Serve hot with a drizzle of olive oil or a dollop of yogurt, if desired.
Recipe details
- Category
- Soup
- Preparation
- 30 minutes
- Cooking
- 55 minutes
Estimated total: 85 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.
How these estimates were calculated
- Gather ingredients: 5 min planning allowance (setup)
- Chop onion, carrot, celery; mince garlic: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
- Rinse lentils: 5 min planning allowance (simple_prep)
- Preheat pot with olive oil: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
- Add and stir lentils, tomatoes, broth, thyme, bay leaf, salt, pepper: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Bring soup to a boil: 10 min planning allowance (boil_heat)
- Remove bay leaf: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Stir in lemon juice: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Serve hot: 2 min planning allowance (garnish)
- 5-7 minutes
- 1 minute
- 30-40 minutes
- Optional drizzle of olive oil or dollop of yogurt
- Olive Oil: USDA tablespoon portion weight
- Onion, chopped: USDA medium (2-1/2" dia) portion weight
- Assumed 1 medium onion is equivalent to 1 medium raw onion, despite being chopped.
- Carrot, chopped: USDA medium portion weight
- Assumed 2 medium carrots are equivalent to 2 medium raw carrots, despite being chopped.
- Celery, chopped: USDA stalk, medium (7-1/2" - 8" long) portion weight
- Assumed 2 medium celery stalks are equivalent to 2 medium raw celery stalks, despite being chopped.
- Garlic, minced: USDA clove portion weight
- Assumed 2 cloves of garlic are equivalent to 2 raw garlic cloves, despite being minced.
- Brown or Green Lentils, rinsed: USDA cup portion weight
- Used generic raw lentils for brown or green lentils.
- Diced Tomatoes: Stated package net weight
- Plain canned tomatoes in tomato juice; explicit 14.5-ounce package weight, including juice, requires no household portion.
- Vegetable Broth: USDA cup portion weight
- Dried Thyme: USDA tsp, leaves portion weight
- Assumed dried thyme leaves.
- Excludes discarded Bay Leaf
- Salt: USDA tsp portion weight
- Black Pepper: USDA tsp, ground portion weight
- Assumed ground black pepper.
- Lemon Juice: USDA fl oz portion weight
- Olive Oil: 27 g · USDA reference 171413
- Onion, chopped: 110 g · USDA reference 170000
- Carrot, chopped: 122 g · USDA reference 170393
- Celery, chopped: 80 g · USDA reference 169988
- Garlic, minced: 6 g · USDA reference 169230
- Brown or Green Lentils, rinsed: 192 g · USDA reference 172420
- Diced Tomatoes: 411.07 g · USDA reference 170051
- Vegetable Broth: 1326 g · USDA reference 171583
- Dried Thyme: 1 g · USDA reference 170938
- Bay Leaf: discarded ingredient excluded
- Salt: 6 g · USDA reference 173468
- Black Pepper: 1.15 g · USDA reference 170931
- Lemon Juice: 15.25 g · USDA reference 167747
lentils · carrots · celery · tomatoes
Estimated nutrition per serving
292 calories · 14.3 g protein · 44.3 g carbohydrate · 7.9 g fat · 8.9 g fiber · 1723 mg sodium
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018), ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Excludes discarded Bay Leaf Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
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