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Lentil Leek Soup (Blogger Secret Ingredient)

This week’s Blogger Secret Ingredient is lentils (chosen by Shannon of Tri to Cook).  So I made lentil soup!  I had leeks in the fridge, so I used them too… This was filling and perfect for fall.

Lentil Leek Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (dry) green lentils
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1.5 carrots, chopped
  • 2 leeks, sliced (a little less than 1 cm slices)
  • 4 stalks of celery, chopped
  • 1 roma tomato, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons cilantro (dry or fresh, use more if fresh)
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 cup water/veggie broth/chicken broth (whatever you prefer)
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

  1. Put the lentils and 3 cups of water in a pot.  Bring the water to a boil and reduce heat to medium-low.  Cook, covered, for 35 minutes, or until lentils are soft.
  2. In another pot, heat the olive oil.  Saute the leeks, celery, and carrots for 5-10 minutes, or until tender.  I like to do this on high heat so that some of the veggies get browned, but you can reduce the heat for more even cooking.
  3. Add the tomato, cinnamon, cilantro, soy sauce, and water/broth.  Add the lentils.  Cook for another 10 minutes over medium-low heat.
  4. Serve plain – or garnished with sour cream or yogurt – or topped with fresh herbs (parsley, basil) – and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Thanks again for a great ingredient, Shannon 🙂

8 Replies to “Lentil Leek Soup (Blogger Secret Ingredient)”

  6. Just made this recipe and it tastes great! I did make some small changes to accommodate the vegetables we had: changed the celery to a couple fennel fronds (the stems which can be substituted for celery); some cabbage; some garlic; tomato paste rather than a tomato (because we had none fresh); a little salt; and topped it off with a garnish of a little fresh lemon juice.

    EXCELLENT! Thanks for the help with dinner!

    1. @Bridget: Thanks for your comment, it reminded me to make this again!! I will have to buy some stuff to have it this week 🙂 And I will definitely try your changes – the lemon juice especially sounds good.

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