Identity Crisis Lentil Soup |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes |
Ready In: 40 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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My friend Kathie made this when I last visited her. I immediately asked for the recipe. When I went to make it I found I was lacking some of the ingredients so I had to improvise. Let me know which one works for you. Ingredients:
1/4 cup olive oil (i used less, a couple t.) |
1 tablespoon olive oil (i used less, a couple t.) |
1 2/3 onions, diced (her instructions don't indicate cups or whole onions- i didn't have any onions so it didn,t matter.) |
3 1/4 garlic cloves, minced (i used 3 t. minced garlic) |
1/2 cup dried apricot, chopped (i didn't have any apricots and so used dried mango) |
1 tablespoon dried apricot, chopped (i didn't have any apricots and so used dried mango) |
2 1/2 cups red lentils (i used 1 1/2 c. brown lentils and 1 1/2 c. le puy lentils) |
8 1/2 cups chicken stock (i used 9 c. water with chicken bouillon added) |
5 roma tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped (i used 30 cherry tomatoes- just threw 'em in the pot, skin, seeds and all) |
3/4 teaspoon cumin |
1/4 teaspoon thyme (i upped it to 1/2 t.) |
salt and pepper (i used white pepper and hawaiian black sea salt- careful not to over salt as boullion is salty) |
3 tablespoons lemon juice (i used 3 t. cider vinegar) |
1 teaspoon lemon juice (i used 3 t. cider vinegar) |
Directions:
1. Kathie's instructions: saute onions, garlic, and apricots till onions are translucent.
2. Add lentils and stock and bring to a boil. Then drop heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
3. Add tomatoes, cumin, thyme and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer another 10 minutes.
4. Add lemon juice, puree 1/2 the soup, return to the pot and serve.
5. My instructions: saute dried onions, chives, mangoes, cumin, thyme, tomatoes, and salt and pepper in oil until fragrant. Watch garlic to keep from browning.
6. Add lentils and bouillon-water and bring to a boil, drop heat and simmer 40 minutes.
7. Stir in vinegar then puree all the tomatoes (they'll float to the top of the soup) and 1/2 the soup. Return to the pot then serve.
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