Hearty Heatlthy Lentil Soup

Submitted by Hungry Dave

"This is very healthy low cal soup that will fill you and warm you on a cold day . Shredded chicken breast or spicy sausage are optional ."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 15
• Yields: 12 Bowls
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 396.89 g green lentils
• 1 large onion
• 2 red peppers (or green or both )
• 4 carrots
• 3 stalk celery
• 3-4 jalapeno peppers
• 473.18 ml corn (fresh or frozen )
• 5 garlic cloves
• 14.79 ml olive oil
• 1892.72 ml chicken or 1892.72 ml vegetable broth
• 14.79 ml chili powder
• 9.85 ml ground cumin
• 4.92 ml dried oregano
• 2.46 ml salt
• 4.92 ml black pepper

directions

1. 1 . Chop onion , carrots , celery and red peppers into 1/4 inches pieces . Cut jalapenos in half and remove seeds then mince with the garlic .
2. 2 . In a large sauce pan heat olive oil on medium heat . Add onion , carrots , celery , red peppers and jalapeno with garlic . Stir fry till slightly soft . Add the lentils , corn , broth , chili powder , cumin , oregano ,salt and pepper . Bring to a boil stirring often . Cover and reduce heat . Simmer till lentils are soft and vegetables tender , approx 40 minutes . Season to taste . For thicker soup , add a few cups to a blender or food processor .
3. 3 . Serve with French bread or baguette .

Reviews

[Annacia]

Great lentil soup. I made a 1/2 recipe as there are just 2 of us and packed most of it into 4 freezer bags to have ready on demand. Since I'm not a huge corn fan I did skip that but really loved the jalapeno addition. Very high yum factor. Made for PAC, Spring 2014.