Easiest Way to Make Perfect Green Lentil Soup

Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, green lentil soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Green Lentil Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Green Lentil Soup is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first 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. Make ready 1 Red bell pepper
2. Take 1 White or yellow onion
3. Prepare 3-4 Whole chives
4. Take 1 teaspoon cumin
5. Take 2.5 pounds or 3g of Green lentils
6. Make ready to taste Salt
7. Get 5 cloves garlic (optional)
8. Get 1 tomato or tomato paste (preferably without peel)
9. Prepare Water to cover ingredients
10. Prepare 1 tbsp Chicken bouillon (optional)
11. Get 2 tbsp Sofrito cooking base
12. Get 1/4 cup Green peas
13. Get 1/4 cup diced peeled carrots
14. Make ready 1/2 cup green beans
15. Take 1/2-1 cup yellow squash (calabaza)
16. Get 1/4 cup sweet corn

Steps 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!

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