Name: Red Lentil Soup Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 medium onion; 2 medium carrots; 2 cloves garlic; 16 oz lentils; 8 cups chicken broth; 1 tsp turmeric; 1½ tsp ground cumin; ¼ cup parsley; 2 cups baby spinach; ½ lemon

Red Lentil Soup Recipe

How To Make Red Lentil Soup

Inject some Middle Eastern-inspired flavors to your meal with this red lentil soup. Apart from the lentils, it has carrots, turmeric, spinach, & parsley.

Preparation: 5 minutes

Cooking: 30 minutes

Total: 35 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1tbspolive oil
1medium onion,diced
2medium carrots,diced
2clovesgarlic,finely chopped
16ozlentils
8cupschicken broth,or vegetable broth
1tspturmeric
1½tspground cumin
¼cupparsley,flat-leaf, freshly chopped
2cupsbaby spinach
½lemon,juiced

Instructions

Heat the oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, add the onions and carrots and saute for about 5 to 6 minutes, until soft stirring.
Add the chopped garlic, turmeric and cumin and continue cooking for 2 to 3 minutes more.
Stir in the lentils, add the broth and bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook covered on low for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally until thickened. Remove from heat.
Toss in parsley, spinach and stir in lemon juice and serve.