Green Lentil Soup

Green lentils are a very healthy product that allows you to quickly fill up and delivers a lot of useful substances to the body. Lentil soup can be prepared either with meat or in a vegetarian style: it turns out equally tasty and satisfying.

Lenten green lentil soup without meat

Lentil soup without meat is prepared quite simply from familiar ingredients. Both children and adults will love it; it is best served with fresh flatbread or a garlic bun.

1. 
   How to make green lentil soup? Sort the legumes, rinse and cover with cold, clean water. Boil and cook for about 20 minutes.
2. 
   Cut the peeled potatoes into cubes, chop the carrots, onions and celery in any convenient way.
3. 
   In a frying pan with butter, first brown the onion, then the carrots and celery. Cook the roasted vegetables for about 5 minutes.
4. 
   In another frying pan or in a saucepan, fry the potatoes a little, then transfer them to the lentils.After 3 minutes, add the roast to the soup.
5. 
   Pour soy sauce and lemon juice into the pan, add garlic, salt and pepper. Cook the soup for another 20 minutes on low heat. Before serving, garnish with chopped parsley. Bon appetit!

How to cook green lentil soup with meat?

The soup according to this recipe is prepared with tomatoes canned in their own juice, so the taste is brighter and richer. Meat goes well with lentils, and spicy herbs will add pleasant shades of taste.

Cooking time: 2 hours 10 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 5.

Ingredients:

• Olive oil – 2 tbsp.
• Beef – 700 gr.
• Salt – 1 pinch.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Celery stalk – 2 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 6 teeth.
• Dried rosemary – 1 tsp.
• Dried oregano – 1 tsp.
• Meat broth – 6 tbsp.
• Tomatoes in their own juice – 400 gr.
• Lentils – 1 tbsp.
• Chopped greens – 4 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the meat into thin strips and fry in oil for about 10 minutes. After this, transfer to a saucepan or saucepan with a thick bottom.

2. Peel, chop and fry all the vegetables. To do this, simmer them in a frying pan with oil for 8 minutes.

3. Add the roast to the meat, add tomatoes and broth, mix well and simmer under the lid on low heat for about an hour.

4. Rinse the lentils and add to the soup. Cook for about 40 minutes more. At the end, add salt and ground pepper, oregano and rosemary.

5. Serve hot with chopped herbs and bread.

Homemade green lentil soup

Cream soup is a good way to feed the whole family a tasty and healthy dish.For a more intense taste and aroma, this recipe uses various spices (turmeric, curry), herbs and fresh ginger.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Water – 2 l.
• Green lentils – 250 gr.
• Potatoes – 2 pcs.
• Carrots – ½ pcs.
• Celery root – ¼ pc.
• Tomato – 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
• Butter – 1 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Coriander – ½ tsp.
• Turmeric – ½ tsp.
• Curry – ½ tsp.
• Fresh grated ginger – 2 tsp.
• Spicy herbs (oregano, basil) - to taste.
• Sour cream – 3 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Sort the lentils and boil for about half an hour until the beans become soft.

2. Add sliced ​​potatoes and butter to the lentils. Cook for another 10 minutes.

3. Add grated ginger, coriander, curry, turmeric to the heated oil and fry them for a minute, and then add chopped carrots and celery to them. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring.

4. Add finely chopped tomato and herbs to the roast, simmer for another couple of minutes, and then add to the lentils and potatoes.

5. Puree the soup with an immersion blender, then add salt, pepper and sour cream to taste. Boil again and serve in deep plates or on a toasted bun, from which the crumb has been previously removed.

Delicious green lentil soup with mushrooms

This light lentil soup with champignons gets a pleasant spiciness thanks to the chili pepper in its composition. Olive oil and lemon add a Mediterranean touch. Delicious and easy to prepare.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Green lentils – 125 gr.
• Champignons – 100 gr.
• Small onions – 2 pcs.
• Lemon – 1 pc.
• Parsley – 1 bunch.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Vegetable broth – 1.5 l
• Olive oil – 2 tbsp.
• Chili pepper – 1 pc.
• Bay leaf – 1 pc.
• Freshly ground black pepper - to taste.
• Sea salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Peeled onions, chili peppers and garlic are chopped very finely.

2. Peel the mushrooms and cut them into small pieces; chop the parsley with scissors or, more commonly, with a knife.

3. In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, fry the onion and garlic in oil until the vegetables become translucent, then add the pepper and mushroom slices.

4. Pour hot broth into the saucepan and cook on low heat under the lid for about 5 minutes.

5. Squeeze the juice out of the lemon.

6. Wash the lentils, place them in a saucepan with the other ingredients, add bay leaves and cook for half an hour. At the end, you need to bring the dish to taste with salt, lemon juice and black pepper.

7. Serve lentil soup with champignons, garnished with chopped herbs and garlic croutons.

How to make green lentil soup in a slow cooker?

You can also prepare green lentil soup in a slow cooker. This recipe uses pork ribs, which are easily cooked in a slow cooker and do not require the use of additional culinary skills in order for the household to like the dish.

Cooking time: 2 hours 10 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Pork ribs – 1 kg.
• Green lentils – 1 tbsp.
• Potatoes – 3 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Water – 2.5 l
• Spices - to taste.
• Bay leaf - to taste.
• Allspice peas - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Pour water over the ribs, add a little salt, bay leaf and allspice peas, turn on the device in the “soup” mode for 1.5 hours or use the “stew” mode for 2 hours.

2.An hour after the start of cooking, place finely chopped onions and carrots into the bowl of the device.

3. After 5 minutes, add potato cubes to the soup and cook for another 10 minutes.

4. Add lentils to the soup and continue cooking for another 30-40 minutes, season with spices and salt, based on your own preferences.

5. Serve the soup hot with black bread or garlic buns.