Recipe of Jamie Oliver Easy Lentil Soup

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, easy lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Easy Lentil Soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Easy Lentil Soup is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have easy lentil soup using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Lentil Soup:

1. Make ready lentils, washed and picked over
2. Get water, or vegetable broth and water combination
3. Take chopped celery
4. Get chopped carrot
5. Get green onion, chopped
6. Get onion, chopped
7. Get garlic, chopped
8. Take dried herbs (oregano, thyme blend)
9. Take ground cumin
10. Take curry powder
11. Make ready butter
12. Get olive oil
13. Prepare salt, (I ended up adding a little more as I kept adding broth/water. adjust accordingly to your liking)
14. Take pepper

Instructions to make Easy Lentil Soup:

1. Chop up green onion, onion, garlic, celery, and carrot.
2. Add olive oil and butter to large pot and heat on medium-low. When you see it start slightly bubbling, add in onions, celery, garlic, and carrots.
3. Let it all simmer about 3 to 5 minutes or until translucent and fragrant. Add in cumin, herbs, curry, a good pinch of salt, and pepper. Let it simmer another couple of minutes.
4. Add in lentils and stir frequently to coat with the vegetable spice mixture for a couple minutes.
5. Add in water, cover, and reduce heat to low. Let it cook for about 40-60 minutes or until the lentils are tender and a nice flavor has developed. You will need to give it a stir about every 10 minutes and check on the amount of water. You may want more or less depending on if you want something more soupy or more like a stew consistency. I added in a couple cups of water/broth at a time until I had the consistency I liked. Enjoy!

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