Southwestern Vegetarian Lentil Soup
photo by Leggy Peggy
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 31
- Yields:
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12 cups
- Serves:
- 8-12
ingredients
- 14.79 ml olive oil
- 1 white onion, chopped
- 1 carrot, peeled and diced
- 1-2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 14.79 ml red chili powder (I used New Mexican)
- 9.85 ml paprika (I used smoked Spanish)
- 9.85 ml ground cumin
- 9.85 ml dried oregano
- 4.92 ml ground coriander
- 9.85 ml onion powder
- 0.61 ml ground black pepper
- 1892.72 ml water (add vegetable bouillon at end so the salt does not keep lentils from cooking) or 1892.72 ml vegetable broth (add vegetable bouillon at end so the salt does not keep lentils from cooking)
- 113.39 g can diced green chilies, undrained (may use 2 cans)
- 236.59 ml brown lentils, picked clean and rinsed
- 6-8 vegetable bouillon cubes (only if using water)
- 14.79 ml sugar
- 236.59 ml spinach, chopped (fresh or frozen)
- 2 zucchini, diced (about 2 cups)
- 425.24 g can whole kernel corn, undrained
- 70.87 g can black olives, drained and sliced
- 6 roma tomatoes, chopped- use seeds and juice (about 3 cups)
- 44.37-59.16 ml fresh lime juice or 44.37-59.16 ml fresh lemon juice
- salt, to taste
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Optional toppings
- sour cream
- cheese, shredded
- green onion, chopped
- cilantro, chopped
- hot pepper sauce
- lime wedge, fresh
- tortilla chips
directions
- In a large pot, heat oil, sauté onion, carrot, and jalapeno, until soft, about 10 minutes.
- Add garlic and spices and sauté 2 minutes.
- Stir in water or broth and scrape any spices that stuck to the pan.
- Stir in green chilies and lentils. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, covered, for about 40 minutes until lentils are tender.
- Uncover and stir in bouillon cubes, if using, and sugar.
- Stir in spinach, zucchini, corn and olives. Bring to a boil and cook until zucchini is tender about 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat, stir in tomatoes, lime or lemon juice and salt to taste.
- Serve with desired toppings.
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Reviews
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What an excellent soup! I ended up with a bit more spinach and zucchini, as I had no corn, and I used a mix of veggie broth and chicken broth, as that was what I had and I did not need it to be vegetarian. I added a bit more fresh jalapeno about ten minutes before it was done, just an extra little pop. I also added the tomatoes with the zucchini, and the spinach only at the very end. To make this work for dinner, I cooked it in the morning, and then just added the zucchini etc when I came home from work. Thanks for posting!
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Dynamite soup and I mean that literally. It's packed with plenty of Southwestern flavours and fire. I had to make a few adjustments because of what I had on hand and what is available in Australia. We can't buy little tins of green chillies or black olives, so I used about two ounces each of chopped pickled jalapenos and chopped kalamata olives. Also used three Thai chillies in place of the two fresh jalapenos. Given the changes in chillies, I used only one teaspoon of red chilli powder and that was plenty. As the photo shows, we topped with sour cream, green onion and grated cheese, but I think all the toppings would be great -- maybe more chopped black olives too. Thanks for creating and posting such a winner.
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