Lentil soup. Delicious lentil soup

Lentil stew has been known since biblical times. The ancestor of this marvelous agricultural crop was ancient Asia. Accordingly, the first to discover lentil stew to the world were the ancient Asians. It was extremely tasty and a powerful source of protein. Soon this stew became deeply loved by all the peoples of the world.

Thanks to this material, you will learn some tricks for making lentil soup. Also replenish your culinary repertoire with delicious recipes for this first course.

Lentil soup: recipe step by step, simple and tasty

Here are two detailed options for cooking the first lentil dish. They do not require much effort to prepare. Knowing the basics of cooking, you can cook them with ease.

Vegetarian recipe

Progress:

1. Bring a saucepan with meat broth to a boil;
2. Wash the cereal;
3. Wash the carrots and onions, remove the peel and finely chop;
4. Wash the potatoes, peel and cut into slices;
5. Pour olive oil into a hot frying pan. Fry carrots and onions in it until golden brown;
6. Add potatoes, cereals and fried vegetables to the vegetable broth;
7. As foam forms on the surface of the fat, remove it;
8. Leave to simmer on low heat for half an hour;
9. Add salt, spices and herbs to the finished dish.

Serve this stew on the table in beautiful bowls with olive rings and a slice of lemon.

Bon appetit everyone!

Meat broth recipe

Ingredients:

• 1.5 l. meat broth;
• 200 g boiled meat;
• 30 g margarine;
• Half a glass of lentils;
• 50 g. onions;
• 200 g potatoes;
• Greenery;
• Salt;
• Spices.

The cooking time for this dish is 90 minutes.

Calorie content in 100 ml of finished stew is 315 kcal.

Cooking process:

1. Boil meat broth;
2. Peel and cut the potatoes into bars;
3. Peel and finely chop the onion;
4. Add the onion to a frying pan heated with margarine and fry until transparent;
5. Rinse the cereal in several waters;
6. Cut the boiled meat into portions;
7. Add all the ingredients (except herbs) to the boiling broth and cook for 20 minutes.

Present your masterpiece in transparent bowls with chopped herbs. Enjoy your meal!

Cook whenever you want something tasty and nutritious.

And for dessert, prepare a juicy grated pie with jam from shortcrust pastry. To prepare this recipe you will only need half an hour. .

Red Lentil Soup

This recipe is very good in winter. It turns out quite tasty and rich. Try it and you won't regret it.

• 1 pork rib;
• 2 l. water;
• A glass of red lentils;
• 3 potatoes;
• 1 sweet pepper;
• 1 onion;
• 2 tomatoes;
• 1.5 tbsp. l. tomato paste;
• Olive oil for frying;
• Bay leaf;
• Parsley;
• Salt;
• Spices.

This dish will take about 90 minutes.

Calorie content of 1 serving of ready-made soup is 650 kcal.

Cooking stages:

1. Place the pork rib in ice water and cook over low heat;
2. Cut vegetables into cubes;
3. As soon as the broth is cooked, remove the bones from it;
4. Add the washed cereal to the broth. Cook for 20 minutes;
5. Next, add potatoes to the pork broth;
6. Fry the onions and carrots in hot fat until golden;
7. Then add peppers and tomatoes to them;
8. When the vegetables are cooked, add the tomato paste;
9. When the potatoes are ready, add fried vegetables, salt, spices and bay leaves to the broth;
10. Boil for another 7 minutes and the stew is ready.

Serve in white bowls with sprigs of fresh parsley. Enjoy your meal!

Cream soup with lentils and smoked meats

Nothing goes better with lentil soup than smoked ribs. We present to you the recipe for this stew using smoked poultry breast.

Recipe:

• 0.5 kg smoked brisket;
• 2.5 l. water;
• Half a glass of red lentils;
• 1 onion;
• 1 sweet pepper;
• 1 tbsp. l. margarine;
• 2 tomatoes;
• Celery stalk;
• 250 gr. potatoes;
• Cilantro;
• Salt;
• Spices.

Cooking time – 100 minutes.

Calorie content of one serving is 600 kcal.

Preparation:

1. Place the smoked breast in a saucepan with water and cook for half an hour;
2. Then remove it from the broth and add lentils to it. Cook for 15 minutes;
3. Chop potatoes, carrots and celery into cubes. Cook for 15 minutes;
4. Fry onions and sweet peppers. At the end, add salt and spices. Add to soup;
5. Chop the tomatoes with a sharp knife and add to the stew. Boil for 7 minutes;
6. Add salt and beat with a blender.

Serve this dish in transparent bowls. Sprigs of cilantro would be good for decoration. Bon appetit!

Lentil and chicken soup

Here is a rather unusual and tasty soup. Having prepared it for lunch, your efforts will certainly be appreciated by everyone in the household.

Ingredients:

• 0.5 kg chicken breast;
• 2 onions;
• 2 carrots;
• 200 grams of mushrooms;
• A glass of lentil cereals;
• Bay leaf;
• Salt;
• Spices.

Cooking time – 50 minutes.

Calorie content per 100 g. ready-made dish – 80 kcal.

Progress:

1. Place chicken breast in a saucepan of cold water. Add a little salt, spices and bay leaf. Bring to a boil. Remove any foam from the surface of the broth and simmer for 25 minutes;
2. As the meat cooks, remove it from the broth and cut it into portions;
3. Add washed lentil cereals to the chicken broth. Cook for 10 minutes;
4. Finely chop the vegetables with a kitchen knife and add them to the chicken broth. Cook for 12 minutes;
5. Add chopped brisket. Cook for another three minutes.

Present the finished dish with chopped herbs in beautiful bowls.

Bon appetit everyone!

Lentil soup with bacon

Another option for a delicious creamy soup. The highlight of the program here is bacon.

Ingredients:

• 250 ml milk;
• 250 ml water;
• 40 grams of lentils;
• 140 grams of bacon;
• 1 bouillon cube;
• 1 onion;
• 1 carrot;
• Cilantro;
• Salt;
• Spices;
• Dry spices.

Cooking time will take 45 minutes.

Calorie content of one serving is 510 kcal.

Cooking process:

1. 1. Cut the bacon into thin slices and fry briefly until golden;
   2. Place half of the bacon in a saucepan;
   3. Add lentil cereals, washed until transparent;

1. 1. Finely chop the onion and carrot. Add them to the pan;

1. 1. Dissolve the stock cube in warm water and cover the surface of the pan with it;
   2. Boil the contents of the saucepan and cook for 20 minutes, covered, over high heat;
   3. Then let the soup cool a little;

1. Beat with a blender;
2. Add milk to it;
3. Cook for a couple more minutes.

Serve the puree soup in small white bowls. Top with a couple of bacon chips and a sprig of cilantro. Enjoy your meal!

Lentil soup is an excellent first course option. It is very tasty and healthy. But you still need to know something about its preparation. We'll tell you some subtleties:

• It is better to cook this first dish using veal broth. Also add small pieces of this meat to it;
• To make lentil soup, it is best to use Pardina lentils, red (Egyptian), yellow and black beans;
• Onions, carrots and celery will give the broth a unique taste;
• Lentils do not require pre-soaking in water. Simply rinse with water and it will cook in 10 minutes;
• Any spices (even the most exotic) will fit into the dish as seasonings;
• Always adhere to cooking times. Each variety has its own cooking time. Red lentils take the longest to cook;
• When cooking this legume, do not add salt to the water;
• You need to cook it directly in boiling water;
• When cooking lentil soup, add a little vegetable fat. This manipulation will allow all the ingredients of the dish to mix;
• Before serving, keep your stew covered for a while. The dish should absorb all the aromas of spices and spices.

Follow these basic rules and everything will work out for you. This cereal is very rich in protein, folic acid and other vitamins. These soups are easily absorbed by the body.

There are a huge number of delicious and rich recipes for this soup. They will not leave anyone indifferent. They are prepared simply.

Remember that there are health restrictions on the consumption of these soups. They will not benefit all people. Also, don’t get carried away with eating them. We hope our article helped you learn secrets and recipes.

Bon appetit!

We invite you to try a very tasty, nutritious and at the same time lentil soup, the recipe of which was sent by our reader Olga Sh:

I learned the recipe for this dish thanks to, I saw in the Cyprus Airlines magazine. This recipe for a delicious soup, also quick to prepare, later became the basis for me to create several more delicious lentil soups.

Thanks to such a simple recipe with a small amount of ingredients, there is a better understanding of the presence of some essential ingredients that, when combined with lentils, create a tasty and satisfying soup. These include such regular vegetables as carrots with their sweetish taste, and tomatoes, followed by a sour ingredient - lemon juice or wine vinegar.

Compound:

for 3-4 servings

• 1.1-1.2 liters of water
• 140-160g (175-200ml) green or brown lentils
• 120-160 g peeled carrots
• 1-2 petioles or 60-80 g celery root
• 180-250 g tomatoes
• 2-3 tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil
• spices:
  1/3-1/2 tsp.
  black pepper or a mixture of peppers to taste
• 1.3 teaspoons salt
• 1-2 tbsp. tablespoons (or to taste) lemon juice
• 1-2 teaspoons per serving (to taste) fresh cilantro

As you can see from the photo of the Cypriot original recipe, lentils are used to prepare the soup in larger quantities, so that the thickness of the dish is more similar to the second one. I prepare this soup more liquid, with the same thickness as I usually prepare all soups.

Cypriot brown lentil soup

When you use brown lentils in soup, the broth turns dark. To avoid this, I prepare these lentils for cooking in soup in my own way. Then my ordinary brown lentils begin to look like something else – polished with a yellowish tint. Such polished yellow lentils can also be found on sale.

Yellow ground and brown lentils

Lentil soup – recipe with photo:

Products for soup

1. Before cooking the soup, soak the lentils in cold water for several hours or overnight so that they can be easily and quickly peeled.
2. Then, in a container with water, we grind the swollen grains with our hands - we take them in the palm of our hand and, squeezing them, rub them together. Then add more water and drain it (preferably through a sieve) with the separated brown skin. And we repeat this several times. Lentils purified in this way turn into light yellowish and will no longer give the soup a dark, brown, but a pleasant yellow tint.

   
   
   Peel the lentils

3. Pour the prepared lentils into a soup pot with cold or hot water. Bring to a boil.

   Advice: Lentils, like all legumes, boil well when placed in cold water. If you need to maintain the shape of the grain, then you need to put any legumes in hot water.

4. Cut the celery stalk into thin slices.

   Cutting celery

5. Add chopped pieces of celery to the pan with lentils.

   Add to soup

6. Preparing carrots for soup. Cut it in half lengthwise, then each half into 2 more pieces if the carrots are large. Cut the resulting cubes into thin slices.

   Slicing carrots

7. Pour the chopped carrot pieces into a frying pan with heated oil. Sauté over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for several minutes so that the carrot slices are coated in oil (for more complete absorption of carotene).

   Let's pass

8. Transfer the fried carrots from the frying pan to the pan with the lentils.

   Adding carrots to lentil soup

9. We cut the tomatoes into small pieces and also sauté in oil, but not for long. Then add them to the pan with the soup to the already soft carrots and boiled lentils.

   Add sautéed tomatoes

10. add salt and cook after boiling for several minutes until the tomatoes are soft.
11. Then add asafoetida, ground pepper and cook for about a minute.

    Add spices to soup

12. Turn off the fire. Lentil soup is ready!

    Before eating, add lemon juice to the pan with soup, stir and pour into portions. There is another option: everyone squeezes a slice of lemon directly onto their plate.

    Add lemon juice

    Ready-made lentil soup

Before serving, you can add finely chopped aromatic coriander (cilantro) to a plate of lentil soup.

Bon appetit!

Lentil soup is ideal for winter and off-season. It not only satisfies hunger well, but also warms you up. In addition, the dish contains many useful microelements, folic acid, fiber, and vitamins. They will tell you how to prepare lentil soup and recipes. The options below will help you make it simply and tasty.

Lentil soup - classic recipe

The classic recipe for lentil soup came to us from Turkey. That is why it contains so many spices (a pinch of ground red and black pepper, turmeric, cumin). And also: 1 cup of red lentils, 6 cups of meat or vegetable broth, 1 carrot and onion, 20 g of butter.

1. The legumes are pre-soaked overnight.
2. Vegetables can be overcooked in any type of oil.
3. Drain the liquid in which the lentils were cooked. Place the fruits in a frying pan with the sautéed onions and carrots. Salt and sprinkle with a mixture of spices.
4. Cook the ingredients over low heat until the lentils are soft.
5. Using a blender, puree the soup directly in a saucepan or saucepan. After this, dilute with broth.
6. At the end, add a slice of butter, stirring it thoroughly.

Top the warming lentil puree soup with a light sprinkle of ground paprika.

Chicken recipe

Lentils in the soup go well with chicken. Such a treat will turn out to be dietary if you do not sauté the vegetables, but add them fresh. Products you will need: 400 g of chicken thighs, half a glass of legumes, 4 medium-sized potatoes, one carrot and onion, 3 garlic cloves, a couple of bay leaves, a pinch of turmeric, half a lemon, oil, salt. To make Lentil Chicken Soup, follow these steps.

1. Wash the lentils and cook after boiling for about 30 minutes.
2. Place the thighs in hot salted water and cook the broth.
3. Lightly saute small cubes of vegetables along with garlic in oil.
4. Miniature potato cubes are added to the finished broth, after which the components are boiled together for another 12-15 minutes.
5. The chicken removed from the soup is separated from the bones and returned to the pot.
6. Boiled lentils and frying are poured into the broth.
7. As soon as the liquid boils, turmeric, salt, and bay leaves are added to it. In 5-7 minutes the dish will be ready.

The treat is served hot with lemon slices.

With meat and potatoes

This recipe was popular in Rus'. This soup perfectly satisfied hunger and was prepared for workers working in the fields. Today it is able to satiate the modern man. In addition to lentils (130 g) and pork pulp (480 g), you will need: 1 each of tomatoes, onions and carrots, 4-5 garlic cloves, several small potatoes, salt, pepper, fat.

1. Cook the meat over medium heat for an hour.
2. Wash the vegetables, peel and cut into small cubes.
3. Soak lentils in cool water.
4. Fry onions and carrots in any type of fat, then add garlic and tomato to them. It is better to first remove the skin from the tomato. Together, the ingredients are simmered over low heat for 6-8 minutes.
5. The meat is crumbled into medium-sized cubes and placed back into the pan. All ingredients are added here.
6. Simmer the dish under the lid until the potatoes are ready.

Serve lentil and potato soup for lunch, garnished with a fresh sprig of parsley.

Vegetarian lentil soup

Vegetarians can treat themselves to light lentil soup. The hardest part of the recipe is preparing the green legumes. They will need to be washed well in advance and removed from the husks. Ingredients: 250 g green lentils, 1 pc. celery, onion, carrots and garlic cloves, a pinch of turmeric and black pepper, salt, lemon.

1. Vegetables are washed, peeled and cut into miniature cubes. Garlic can be chopped into slices or passed through a garlic press.
2. Right at the bottom of the pan, the vegetables are thoroughly sautéed in fat.
3. Lentils are doused with boiling water, mixed with pepper and turmeric, and then added to the fry.
4. All that remains is to add water to the ingredients and cook vegetarian green lentil soup for 25 minutes, covering with a lid.

Each serving of the dish is sprinkled with lemon juice before serving.

Green Soup Recipe

Green lentil soup is suitable even for a late dinner. This is a dietary dish that does not create heaviness in the stomach. It contains: 230 g of green lentils, 1 piece each of zucchini, onion, celery, 2 potatoes, salt, spices, ghee.

1. Lentils cook for about 35 minutes over medium heat. After the water boils, you must remove the foam from its surface. You cannot salt the legumes at this stage.
2. The onion is sautéed in melted butter until golden brown.
3. Add chopped celery and zucchini to the already softened vegetable in a frying pan. After which the products are cooked for another 10 minutes.
4. When the lentils become soft, you can add all the other ingredients to them - frying, diced potatoes, salt, selected spices.
5. Cook the dish until the potatoes are soft.

Serve green soup with finely chopped herbs.

Red Lentil Soup

Red lentil soup with tomato paste is especially delicious. To prepare it you use: 190 g of red legumes, 2 potato tubers, 60 g of tomato paste without additives, a medium onion, a pinch of red and black pepper, lemon, salt, oil.

1. Red lentils are washed thoroughly, changing the water several times, and left in the liquid for 20 minutes.
2. Fry chopped onions in hot oil in a frying pan.
3. Tomato sauce is added to the softened vegetable, and the products are stewed together for a couple of minutes.
4. Fry and lentils are added to the boiling liquid.
5. After 25 minutes, coarsely grated potatoes, salt, and spices are poured into the container.
6. The soup is simmered until the potatoes are cooked.
7. While still hot, the blender turns the dish into puree.

When serving, each serving of soup is decorated with a lemon slice. If desired, you can garnish with finely chopped parsley.

Traditional Turkish lentil soup

The original Turkish red soup contains ingredients that are unusual at first glance. For example, fresh mint (a couple of sprigs) and cumin (0.5 tsp). In addition to these products, you will need: 1 pc. carrots and onions, a little more than a liter of vegetable broth, 1 tbsp. red lentils, 1 tbsp. flour, a pinch of ground paprika, dried thyme and salt, 2 tbsp. tomato paste.

1. Chopped onions and carrots are sautéed in fat right in the pan. When the vegetables become soft, add tomato mass, spices, flour and finely chopped mint. The products simmer for a couple more minutes.
2. Pour well-washed lentils into the container with the rest of the ingredients and add water.
3. As soon as the soup boils, you can add salt.
4. Next, the dish is cooked until the lentils are completely cooked and it thickens.

Before serving, the dish in question is pureed. A little ground paprika is poured into each separate plate and lemon juice is squeezed out, and the soup is poured on top.

Cooking with smoked meats

To prepare lentil soup with meat, it is best to use smoked pork ribs. And, besides them: 5-6 potatoes, 2 tbsp. red lentils, onions and carrots for frying, oil, salt, pepper mixture.

1. The meat component is divided into ribs, filled with water and cooked for 1.5 hours.
2. When the flesh begins to easily fall away from the bone, it is separated from the ribs, chopped and returned to the pan.
3. The potatoes are chopped into cubes and added to the broth.
4. Onions and carrots are lightly sautéed in melted fat.
5. The lentils are thoroughly washed with cold water, soaked in liquid for 10-15 minutes, after which they are also added to the soup.
6. All that remains is to pour the onion-carrot mixture, salt, pepper into the pan and cook until the legumes and potatoes are soft.

Before serving for lunch, the soup should sit covered for at least 20 minutes.

In a slow cooker

A multicooker will make the housewife's task easier when preparing lentil soup. It is best to use red legumes (1 tbsp), as well as: 800 g pork ribs, 3 potatoes, a carrot and an onion, 2.5 l. purified water, salt, mixture of spices for soup.

1. Broth is cooked from the ribs, separated one at a time, in salted water. To do this, select the “Stew” or “Soup” mode for 90 minutes.
2. After an hour, you can add all the finely chopped vegetables. The soup under discussion should include raw onions and carrots, not fried ones.
3. All that remains is to add seasonings to the dish. Provençal herbs, curry, and paprika go well with the soup under discussion.
4. 5-7 minutes after the vegetables, pre-washed lentils are placed in the multicooker bowl.

The finished dish is seasoned to taste.

Creamy yellow lentil soup - step by step recipe

Lentil soup made from yellow legumes is not only tasty, but also very appetizing to look at. In addition to 200 g of lentils, the following are used for its preparation: carrots, onions, 3 potatoes, 2 tomatoes, 4 garlic cloves, a couple of bay leaves, salt, oil.

1. The lentils are washed, filled with water and boiled. Immediately after the first bubbles appear, chopped garlic cloves and bay leaves are added to the pan. Cook the food for about half an hour with constant stirring.
2. Onions and carrots are fried in oil. Tomatoes grated on a coarse grater along with the skin are added to the mixture. Together the ingredients are simmered for 12-14 minutes.
3. Place tomato dressing and diced potatoes into the broth.
4. The dish is salted and cooked for about half an hour.
5. All that remains is to turn it into puree using a blender (you must first remove the bay leaf and throw it away).

The soup goes well with garlic croutons.

Lentil soup with meat is a hearty, appetizing, aromatic, and most importantly, extremely healthy dish that will be an excellent solution for serving to the whole family. Preparing lentil soup is not difficult, and in addition, its main components will be available to you at any time of the year, which will make the dish universal and practical.

This first course option is suitable for those who are partial to legumes, as well as those who care about their figure and health. In general, lentil soup will be an excellent alternative for you to the traditional hot dish served on our tables.

Although the recipe for making such soups is extremely simple, you should not forget that you are dealing with a relatively new component. So, how to properly prepare lentil soup with and without meat, and how can such an interesting stew be useful for you?

Meet lentils!

Lentils are a member of the legume family, look like flattened peas, and come in a variety of colors. It is used for food mainly in boiled form.

Dishes made from its fruits are very useful for humans, as they contain a large amount of vegetable proteins, carbohydrates, and do not contain fat.

The calorie content per 100 grams of cooked product is 111 kcal, which, you see, is very tempting for a woman on a diet.

Lentils consist of a large amount of plant proteins that are easily absorbed by our body. At the same time, it concentrates a minimal amount of substances that cause bloating, flatulence and intestinal obstruction (compared to other legumes). This product is a kind of herbal supplier of iron to the human body.

One serving of legumes completely covers the body’s daily need for folic acid, and this is part of its uniqueness. For this reason, dishes based on it are indicated for pregnant, lactating and planning women. If they begin to consume the product regularly, they will not have to resort to using synthetic multivitamin complexes.

Lentil-based dishes contain a large amount of soluble fiber, which prevents cancer, especially in the intestines. Its benefits also lie in stimulating metabolism, increasing immunity and normalizing the functioning of the genitourinary system.

The cooking time for the fruit is from 40 to 70 minutes. The prepared product retains up to 60% of all useful components, which is also very remarkable - almost all food sources lose up to 75% of their valuable properties during heat treatment. Isoflavones, which prevent breast cancer, are retained in full in lentils even after cooking. This product can lower blood sugar levels, so it is useful for people with diabetes. And since preparing lentil soup is very simple, we advise you to try this healthy dish.

What is made from lentils?

The leading place in lentil dishes is occupied by soup, but side dishes are almost as popular. Quite pleasant to the taste, lentils have gained recognition throughout the modern world. And in ancient times, only poor people ate it.

Bean soups have gained popularity mainly in developed countries, where great attention is paid to health. According to experts in the field of dietary nutrition, soups and other first courses should be given preference at lunchtime. People with gastrointestinal problems should give preference to dietary soup and make it an alternative, for example, to fatty borscht. If the second meal is based on rather heavy food, it is also better to start the meal with a light stew.

The most popular varieties of lentils are orange, green, yellow, and brown. Each variety has its own differences in taste and density. Cooking time also varies.

Lentil soup with pork ribs

This dish is quite filling and very flavorful. It will appeal to men who like soups that are richer and higher in calories. How to properly prepare lentil soup with meat and potatoes?

For 7 servings of soup you need to stock up on the following products:

• Pork ribs – 300 grams;
• Potatoes – 300 grams;
• Brown lentils – 200 grams;
• Onion – 1 head;
• Carrot – 1 piece;
• Garlic – clove;
• Salt, pepper - to taste;
• Water – 2 liters;
• White bread;
• Parsley.

Cooking instructions:

• First, rinse the meat, cut into portions, add water, place on the stove, when it boils, skim off the foam;
• After 10 minutes of boiling the meat, add potatoes, cut into small cubes, then add lentils, previously soaked for 10 minutes and washed;
• Chop the onion into cubes, sauté in a frying pan, add finely chopped garlic and grated carrots. Place the finished sauté in a saucepan 10 minutes before the end of cooking, let it simmer, test for doneness, add salt and pepper;
• Cut the loaf into cubes and dry in the oven until golden brown. Serve the soup with fresh chopped herbs. Serve the croutons separately to prevent them from getting soggy.

Preparing lentil soup with meat according to this recipe is not difficult, and the dish itself is guaranteed to satisfy all your household members.

Quick Orange Lentil Soup with Bacon

This first dish has a more savory taste due to the bacon. Cooking it is also easy, and you and your family will definitely like the result.

You will need:

1. Orange lentils – 200 grams;
2. Bacon, cut into cubes - 100 grams;
3. Carrots, diced - 1 piece;
4. Onion, chopped into large cubes - 2 heads;
5. A pinch of cayenne pepper;
6. 4 cups chicken broth;
7. Bay leaf – 1 piece;
8. “Sherry” – 80 ml;
9. Dried leaves of marjoram, thyme and paprika - 3 grams each;
10. Sour cream – 4 tablespoons.

Cooking instructions:

• Fry bacon in a large saucepan;
• Add vegetables and simmer all products until soft;
• Then add to them the lentils, previously soaked for 10 minutes and washed, broth, seasonings, bay leaf;
• Cover and simmer for half an hour;
• Remove the bay leaf and puree the soup using a blender;
• Bring to a boil again and pour in the indicated amount of Sherry;
• Pour into plates, adding sour cream.

No one can resist the exquisite aroma of this dish! And besides, despite the presence of bacon, its preparation will be an excellent solution for a fasting day based on the principle of liquid nutrition.

Spanish red lentil soup with chicken

For the spicy Spanish soup you will need:

1. Chicken breast – 200 grams;
2. Red lentils – 200 grams;
3. Onions, carrots - 1 piece each;
4. Garlic – 2 cloves;
5. Meat broth – 2 liters;
6. Olive oil – 30 grams;
7. Hot paprika – 3 grams;
8. Chopped greens -15 grams;
9. Salt, pepper, bay leaf - to taste;
10. Canned tomatoes without skin – 400 g.

Cooking instructions:

• Chop the vegetables for frying, place in a deep pan in heated olive oil, simmer for 5 minutes, then add chopped tomatoes and simmer until almost done;
• Separately, place the diced chicken fillet and lentils into the boiling meat broth. Boil for 15 minutes, skim off the foam, then add the potatoes, cut into strips, and boil for another 15 minutes;
• Combine the stewed vegetables with the broth and bring until cooked, season to taste. When serving, sprinkle the soup with herbs.

The amount of spices can be varied at your own discretion.

Lentil soup- one of the most popular first dishes among Americans. In terms of popularity, you can only put noodle soup on a par. It should be noted that there is no such rule here - you need to eat the first course at least once a day. Hot soups are eaten only in cold weather, and most often it is something simply from a can and heated. But despite the unpopularity of soups, they are swept away instantly if someone cooks them.

Even a little strange soup for them - borsch– as a rule, they love and eat with pleasure. I can eat soup even in the heat, which causes surprise and misunderstanding among those around me. And when it starts to get cold and cloudy weather spoils your mood, there is nothing better than a nutritious vegetable soup to warm your stomach and invigorate your mood.

Lentil soup- This is a version of pea soup. Lentils no need to soak, it cooks quickly. Lentil soup– not spicy, but quite aromatic thanks to basil and oregano. Except lentils An important component is celery stalks. One day I was about to make lentil soup, but at the last moment I discovered that there was no celery. I can’t say that the soup turned out to be tasteless, but the taste was very different. You also need to be careful with celery so as not to overcook it. Soft celery loses a lot of flavor, like overcooked cabbage in borscht.

Ingredients:

For the soup:

• small meat bone
• water – 2 l.
• dry lentils – 1 tbsp.

For refueling:

• onion – 1 pc. big
• garlic – 2 cloves
• olive oil – 2-3 tbsp. spoons
• carrots – 1 large
• red pepper – 1 large
• celery – 2 large stalks
• tomatoes – 1 large
• oregano – 1 tbsp. a spoonful of dry or a bunch of fresh (can be replaced with mint)
• basil – 1 tbsp. a spoonful of dry or a bunch of fresh
• cinnamon - a pinch
• sugar – 1/2 tsp.
• salt - to taste
• pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. Prepare the broth. Wash the bone and fill it with water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Skim off the foam, add a small onion (in the skins if possible), cook for about an hour until tender. We take out the bone, cut off the meat, cut it into pieces and send them back to the broth. If we are preparing a vegetarian soup, then boil a set of vegetables (onions, garlic, carrots, celery), remove the vegetables from the broth and throw them away.
2. Lentils rinse, leave for a couple of minutes to drain the water. We put it in the soup to cook.
3. We are preparing the dressing. Chop the onion, garlic, celery stalks, carrots and red pepper into cubes. It is better to chop carrots thinner, as they require more time to fry. Peel the tomato and finely chop it. In a frying pan, fry all the vegetables except the tomato in vegetable oil. Time – 5-10 minutes. The onion should become transparent, the remaining vegetables should lose their crispy texture. If we use dry spices, then at this stage we add oregano, basil, and other spices to taste. Add salt (a little) and mix thoroughly.
4. Add the tomato pieces and simmer until sauce-like over medium heat (or above medium) and with the lid open. This takes no more than 10 minutes. You need to stir constantly so that the sauce does not burn. Add a little cinnamon and half a teaspoon of sugar. Cinnamon simply explodes the taste of tomatoes and reduces their acidic astringency. You can add a little more sugar if the tomato is very sour. If you have a very fleshy variety of sweet tomato, then do not add sugar at all.
5. Add the dressing to the soup, taste for salt, bring to a boil and cook until tender. lentils. I don’t really like it when vegetables are cooked for a very long time (and they lose a lot of useful properties during prolonged processing), so I add the dressing to the soup when lentils almost ready. If you have fresh herbs available, then wash them, chop them and add them to the soup at this stage. Taste for salt again and add more salt if required.
6. Lentil soup must insist. Therefore, the next day it tastes much better. But it can be consumed immediately after preparation. Especially if fresh herbs were used. By the way, fresh herbs can be added directly to the plate. You can also add a spoonful of sour cream or pieces of saltine cracker to the lentil soup. Or use a cracker as a snack.

Making a simple and delicious lentil soup

Unfortunately, the popularity of lentils is falling dramatically these days. This plant, which belongs to the legume family, is a small pod containing a couple of seeds.

However, each such seed has many useful qualities.

Lentils can reduce nervous excitability, reduce the amount of glucose in the blood, and also significantly increase the tone of the cardiac vascular system. Many housewives do not prepare dishes from this plant because they simply do not know the basic rules for its preparation. How to make delicious lentil soup? You can read below about how to do this easily and without unnecessary hassle.

History of the dish

Not everyone knows, but cooking lentil soup is quite simple. It is very healthy, filling and nutritious. This dish can be called the oldest, since its preparation was mentioned by the ancient Egyptians, and even by the Romans. Lentil soup is an integral part of history.

Small colorful lentil peas are known in almost all countries of the world. They have become an indispensable part of many Asian, European and American dishes. Nutritious, satisfying, it saved a large number of people from hunger at different times. Not only soups, but also excellent porridges and even lentil bread were prepared from this plant. Red lentils cook quite quickly. It is even used in salads.

Lentil soup was prepared at the court of Ramses II. These beans were exported to Greece, Rome and other countries, where they served as the main part of the diet of the common people. In Rus', this plant appeared in the fifteenth century; soldiers’ dishes were prepared from it. Lentil puree soup can be very tasty.

Beneficial and medicinal properties of lentil grains

In ancient Rome, famous healers knew about the beneficial properties of this plant. They believed that if such beans were consumed every day in the form of various dishes, the sick person would become calmer and more balanced.

Lentil grains help with constipation and other unpleasant problems with the gastrointestinal system, since the fiber they contain promotes proper digestion of food.

They are also able to strengthen the body’s defenses and, as a result, improve immunity. This is an excellent prevention of hypertension and atherosclerosis.

Chicken lentil soup is not only healthy, but also endlessly delicious. This is a delicious dietary dish. Lentil grains are useful for those watching their figure. There is a special lentil diet that allows you to lose about 3 kg in a short period. Lentil soup is the best help for this.

We are pleased to offer you the simplest and most delicious recipes for making lentil soup. We hope you will appreciate them, and maybe share your recipes and secrets of preparing this first dish.

Delicious lentil and chicken soup

As already mentioned, making lentil soup is not at all difficult. To prepare a delicious lentil dish with chicken broth, you will need the simplest ingredients.

The red lentil soup recipe includes the following ingredients:

• 700 grams of any chicken parts;
• red lentils – 1 cup;
• 500 grams of potatoes;
• carrot – 1 pc.;
• onions - a couple of pieces;
• vegetable oil 2 tbsp;
• tomato paste 30 grams;
• a couple of cloves of garlic;
• pepper, salt.

How to cook:

1. Lentil soup with chicken is aromatic and very interesting in taste. The selected meat pieces are thoroughly washed and filled with 2.5 liters of water. Prepare the broth, adding spices, parsley roots, celery if desired. While the chicken is cooking, peel the potatoes, carrots and onions.
2. After 30 minutes, when the chicken is ready, it is pulled out and left for a while. Diced potatoes are placed in the broth. Meanwhile, sort out the red lentils and wash them. After the potatoes boil, beans are added to the soup. The carrots can be chopped using a regular grater, and the onion can be finely chopped. Fry the vegetables in a small amount of oil until almost done and add tomato paste. The entire mixture is thoroughly fried.
3. After 15 minutes, when the lentils are ready, the frying is placed in the pan. Bring the soup to a boil, remove from the stove and add crushed or grated garlic and chopped boiled meat. The recipe for pureed lentil soup is almost similar to this one. Since lentils cook very quickly, getting a delicious creamy soup is not difficult. The finished dish is crushed with a blender, poured into plates and sprinkled with chopped herbs.

Important! While cooking soup, you need to periodically check the amount of water. If the liquid level is lower than the lentils, they will simply burn.

Step-by-step recipe for lentil and potato soup with beef

This dish is not only tasty, but also really filling. Especially in winter, it is pleasant to enjoy a warm and healthy soup based on high-quality rich broth. A small pinch of greens will add a unique spring aroma to the first dish.

For preparation you will need the following components:

• fresh beef 300 grams;
• medium potatoes 4 tubers;
• lentils half a glass;
• small carrot;
• 1 small onion;
• garlic 2 small cloves;
• vegetable oil 2 tbsp;
• pepper, salt;
• basil, herbs, laurel leaf.

Step-by-step cooking process:

1. Beef meat is thoroughly washed with water and placed on a cutting board. The meat is carefully cleaned of films and veins. They also remove bone fragments that might have gotten there during chopping. To obtain a high-quality broth, the meat is placed whole in the pan. With this method of cooking, the broth is more transparent and the meat is tastier.
2. Pour the prepared lentils into a colander and rinse well under the tap with warm water until they run clean. Then the lentils are left to drain all excess liquid.
3. The carrots are also washed and then peeled. Carrots must be finely chopped or grated. Many housewives who love the taste of carrots in the finished dish cut millet into rings. Next, chop the onion into small cubes.
4. At the next stage, prepare the potatoes by peeling and cutting into small squares. It must be filled with cool water to prevent dark spots from appearing before adding it to the soup.
5. Next they start cooking. Water is poured into a pan with beef meat, so that the piece is covered by three fingers. Place it on high heat, wait until the broth boils, and carefully remove the resulting foam with a slotted spoon. Then reduce the flame, salt, pepper, and cook for about 30-40 minutes. Next, add the washed lentils to the pan and keep on the fire for another half hour.
6. While the lentil grains are boiling, prepare the frying of onions and carrots. To do this, drop oil into a deep frying pan, place chopped vegetables and garlic there, keep it on a candle - low heat until a light golden color appears. If necessary, you can add more oil during the frying process, as carrots quickly absorb it.
7. Once the lentils are soft, add the roast, bay leaves and basil to the pan. After boiling, cook the soup for about 5 minutes, then turn off the heat, add chopped parsley and leave for about 10 minutes.
8. Soup with lentils and pork is prepared in the same way. It turns out more rich and satisfying. What kind of meat to use for cooking such a dish is up to the hostess to decide. Lentil soup with smoked meats is very tasty. For this you can choose any spicy sausages, smoked chicken wings or pork ribs.

Important! For a brighter, more beautiful color of the soup, add half a tablespoon of olive oil to the broth.

Turkish lentil soup

This is another great lentil soup recipe that will appeal to many. It warms you up perfectly on frosty winter days. It is usually prepared from red lentils, since yellow and green ones do not provide such a bright color and rich taste. It doesn’t take much time to please your family with this wonderful dish.

The only thing is that vegetarian lentil soup needs to be selected correctly. Small ones, peeled from the shell, will do. These beans cook much faster, soften better and give a wonderful color to the first dish. If you use another variety, it is better to soak the lentils in advance.

To prepare the soup, finely chop the carrots and onions. In the prepared pan, melt the butter completely, in which the chopped vegetables are fried until soft. The selected lentils are washed to clean water and added to the pan. Then pour water into the pan, bring all the ingredients to a boil, and cook for about 15 minutes on a candle - very low heat under a covered lid.

When the lentil grains become soft, salt the dish, add mint (can be dried) and hot red pepper. Mix all this and boil for a couple more minutes. The soup is almost ready. It is then pureed using a blender. Ready-made Turkish cream lentil soup is poured into bowls and served with croutons or small crackers.

Lentil soup in a slow cooker

Vegetarian lentil soup should be prepared using a modern multicooker. Since the cooking process is quite simple, it will take very little time to please your loved ones with a delicious vegetarian soup. For these purposes, you can use almost any model of multicooker.

To prepare green lentil soup, you need to prepare the following ingredients: onions, potatoes, carrots and lentils. All vegetables are peeled and cut. Onions and carrots - in small strips, potato tubers in small cubes.

Vegetables are sauteed a little in a bowl in vegetable oil. Then add chopped potatoes and lentils and fill with water. Many housewives like to add sweet peppers and tomatoes. Add these vegetables about ten minutes after boiling. Salt, pepper, add spices. Continue cooking by setting the “Stew” program for about an hour and a half. The time may vary depending on the type of lentil. After the equipment signal, you can add salt to the soup and sprinkle with herbs.

You can prepare puree soup based on the resulting dish. All the grounds are transferred to another container and crushed using a kitchen blender. Then the resulting mixture is mixed with the broth. Delicious puree soup can be poured into bowls.

Tips for cooking lentils:

• Many housewives often wonder: how long to cook lentils in soup? This won't take much time. Beans dipped in boiling water will be ready in 30-35 minutes, depending on the variety. There are some rules for preparing dishes from this wonderful plant. To get a tasty, truly healthy lentil soup, you need to know some of the subtleties of its preparation.
• The beans must be washed. Before this, it is necessary to remove all crushed and damaged grains, as well as any small debris that has fallen. If lentils have been stored for quite a long time, they still do not lose their beneficial, nutritional properties, they will simply cook longer.
• The only thing is that experienced chefs do not recommend mixing old and fresh purchased grains in one dish, since the cooking time for them will be different.
• Red varieties of lentils cook the fastest. Their preparation usually does not take more than 20 minutes. Green and yellow varieties take much longer to cook. To speed up this process, it is better to soak the grains in cool water for a couple of hours. To prevent lentil grains from boiling, they should only be placed in boiling water. If you boil them by pouring cold water (broth), you can get regular porridge. This method can be used if you plan to prepare puree soup.
• Lentil dishes need to be salted about fifteen minutes before the end of cooking. If you salt the water in advance, the beans will cook much longer. Acid also affects the cooking time of lentil grains; if you add tomatoes to the soup, you will have to wait much longer for the dish to be completely ready.
• Experienced chefs add very few spices when cooking lentil soup. Sage, cloves, rosemary and regular garlic go well with this dish.
• As you can see, preparing lentil soup does not cause any special trouble. Using the given recipes and the subtleties of cooking such a healthy dish, you can please your loved ones with a warm and tasty soup that will warm you up and also energize you in the cool season.

TURKISH LENTIL SOUP

Lentils are the oldest member of the legume family. It is rich in proteins and carbohydrates. Brown lentils are added to meats and salads. Red lentils are very revered in Asian cuisine. Its spicy flavor is used by Easterners to prepare national dishes.

TURKISH LENTIL SOUP “MERCIMEK CHORBASI”

INGREDIENTS:

• lentils (preferably red) – 100 gr.;
• water – 1 l.;
• olive oil – 100 ml;
• white onion – 50 gr.;
• carrots – 50 gr.;
• lemon – 30 gr.;
• mint – 3-4 gr. (you can use dried);
• salt, red chili pepper, spices - to taste.

PREPARATION:

1. Peel the carrots and onions and chop them finely. You can grate it on a medium grater.
2. Fry in hot olive oil until soft. The carrots need to darken.
3. Wash the lentils and throw them into the pan. We send fried vegetables along with oil to it. Pour in water and put on fire.
4. As soon as the soup boils, reduce the heat to low and cook with the lid closed for about 10 minutes.
5. At the very end of cooking, add spices, salt and a sprig of mint to the lentil soup.
6. Pour the finished soup into a blender and grind until pureed. Pour back into the pan and bring to a boil.
7. Serve with a squeeze of lemon juice and garnish with mint leaves and a slice of lemon.

This lentil soup recipe is easy to prepare.

This is a vegetarian dish rich in vegetable protein. If you wish, you can cook it in meat broth.

TURKISH RED LENTIL SOUP PURE

INGREDIENTS:

• red lentils – 250 gr.;
• potatoes – 100 gr.;
• carrots – 50 gr.;
• white onion – 50 gr.;
• water – 2.5 liters;
• tomato paste – 25 gr.;
• butter – 5 g;
• cumin – 3 g;
• thyme – 6 gr.;
• dry mint – 5 gr.;
• salt - to taste.

PREPARATION:

1. We clean and wash the vegetables. Cut the potatoes and carrots into small cubes, grate the onion on a medium grater.
2. Wash the lentils under running water until they become transparent.
3. Place the washed lentils and cooked vegetables into the pan. Fill with cold water only and put on fire.
4. As soon as the lentil soup boils, turn the heat to medium and cook for about half an hour. During this time, the vegetables should be completely cooked.
5. As soon as the vegetables are ready, add all the other ingredients to the lentil soup: tomato paste, butter, caraway seeds, thyme and mint. Salt to taste.
6. Bring the lentil soup to a boil and puree it in a blender.
7. Reduce the heat to low and continue cooking for another 10 minutes. Turn off the stove and let the lentil soup steep for the same amount of time.

Pour the hot soup into bowls and season with lemon juice if desired. The soup recipe is similar to the previous one, the only difference being that more vegetables are added to it.

TURKISH LENTIL SOUP-PUREE WITH MUSHROOMS

INGREDIENTS:

• red lentils (Mistral variety) – 200 gr.;
• water – 1 liter;
• olive oil – 100 gr.;
• white onion – 70 gr.;
• carrots – 100 gr.;
• champignon mushrooms – 200 gr.;
• salt and spices - to taste;
• greens - for decoration;
• baguette - for making croutons or croutons.

PREPARATION:

1. Peel the vegetables and chop finely or three on a medium grater.
2. Pour oil into a frying pan and heat it. As soon as it is warm enough, reduce the heat and add the prepared vegetables to the pan. Simmer over very low heat, covered, stirring occasionally.
3. In the meantime, prepare the mushrooms for adding. We wash them and cut them into thin slices.
4. As soon as the vegetables are stewed, the carrots become softer and darken a little, the onions caramelize and also become soft, add mushrooms to them. We continue to simmer until the water that appears from the mushrooms evaporates. After this, simmer for about 10 minutes.
5. While the vegetables and mushrooms are being prepared, rinse the lentil grains until clean.
6. Take a thick-walled saucepan or cauldron. Place lentils there, add vegetables and pour in cold water. We send it to the stove.
7. As soon as our Turkish lentil puree soup has boiled, turn the heat to the lowest setting and cook until tender (15-20 minutes) under a closed lid. The soup should literally drip.
8. At the end of cooking, add spices and salt to taste. Puree with a blender and simmer for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to avoid burning.
9. While the lentil soup is cooking, you can prepare croutons or croutons. The recipe is very simple. Cut the baguette into small cubes and fry in a drop of olive oil until crispy and golden brown. Croutons are cooked in the oven. You need to place the baguette cubes on a baking sheet and place them in a preheated oven, after sprinkling them with the same olive oil and, if desired, seasoning them with the spices that we use to prepare the soup.

ADVIСE:

• This lentil soup recipe is quick and easy to prepare. Lentils, unlike their legume counterparts, cook much faster. But you definitely need to rinse it with clean water - then the taste will be much brighter.
• Turkish soup has its own basic recipe. This is Merdzhimek Chorbasy. But if you add your own ingredients to it, such as vegetables, or cook it in meat broth, you will get a Turkish dish with original notes.
• The puree soup, the recipe for which calls for cooking without adding potatoes, loses a little in texture. If you add at least one potato to this soup, it will become silky in texture, acquiring a “velvety” flavor.
• Recipes for Turkish dishes, in particular soups, recommend the use of spices. They give them an ethnic touch. Always add cumin, saffron, thyme, turmeric - then your dishes will have an oriental flavor.

Lentils are popular and respected in the East. For some reason, Europeans do not attach much importance to it, although it is one of the oldest representatives of the legume culture. The protein content in lentils, especially red ones, is the highest. But it should be remembered that for people who have problems with the gastrointestinal tract, protein consumption is indicated in very small quantities or is contraindicated altogether.