red lentil soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 96.6
  • Total Fat: 2.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 10.2 mg
  • Sodium: 1,208.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 14.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.3 g
  • Protein: 6.0 g

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Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    3 Tbs unsalted butter1/2 lg onion (about 1 cup)2 garlic cloves, min
    ced

    1/2 celery stalk ( about1/4 cup)
    1 lb. red lentils
    1 tsp. ground cumin
    2 Tbs. long-grain white race
    2 1/2 quarts chicken broth, or as needed
    1/2 cup lemon juice
    salt to taste
    fresh ground pepper

Directions

Melt the butter in a soup pot over med. heat and add garlic, onion, and celery. Cook until the onion is translucent, 4 to 6 min.
Reduce the heat to low, add lentils and cumin, stir while cooking for 5 min.
Add rice and 5 cups of chicken broth. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring often to prevent scorching, until lentils dissolve and begin to look like pureed soup, 30-45 min.
Add remaining broth. Heat through. Add lemon juice, salt & pepper. makes 8 servings

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PLANTEM1.