Description
Enjoy the delightful taste of homemade lentil soup packed with flavor. This recipe features fresh ingredients like lentils, garlic, and a splash of white wine. It’s a wonderful choice for a quick, healthy meal or a comforting dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 large yellow onion (finely chopped)
- 4 carrots (finely diced)
- 5 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes with basil
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 2 cups brown lentils (washed and picked over)
- 8 cups vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon salt (more to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
- 1 and 1/2 cups spinach or kale (chopped)
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven or soup pot over medium heat until shimmering.
- Stir in onions and carrots; cook until the onions soften and become translucent, about 8 to 9 minutes.
- Add garlic and crushed red pepper flakes; cook until fragrant, around 1 minute while stirring.
- Pour in the white wine, simmering for 5 minutes and stirring occasionally.
- Mix in the crushed tomatoes and honey; cook for another 5 minutes while stirring frequently.
- Add lentils, vegetable broth, salt, and black pepper; stir well to combine all ingredients.
- Increase heat to high, bring the mixture to a boil, then partially cover and lower the heat to a simmer. Cook for about 45 minutes until lentils are tender yet hold their shape.
- Stir in chopped greens, cooking for 5 minutes for spinach, or 10 to 15 minutes for kale.
- Remove from heat, add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, taste, and adjust seasoning with additional salt, pepper, or lemon juice as desired.
- Serve warm, with leftovers stored in the refrigerator for about 4 days or frozen for up to 2 months.
Notes
For a thicker soup, blend a portion of the soup and mix it back in with the rest.
Substitute vegetable broth with chicken broth for added flavor if desired.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 260
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 500mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: N/A
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 12g
- Protein: 12g
- Cholesterol: 0mg