Grammy's Kitchen · Lentil Soup · Best Lentil Soup
One of 41 lentil soup recipes we measured
from cookieandkate.com
It ranks #4 of 41 for vegetable texture among the lentil soup recipes we compared. 3,912 cooks on cookieandkate.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 41.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 746% | 522% |
| vegetables and beans | 477% | 186% |
| aromatics | 84% | 81% |
| fat | 28% | 9% |
| salt | 3% | 2% |
| acid | 12% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 54 g | 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil |
| 150 g | 1 medium yellow or white onion, chopped |
| 122 g | 2 carrots, peeled and chopped |
| 12 g | 4 garlic cloves, pressed or minced |
| 4 g | 2 teaspoons ground cumin |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon curry powder |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme |
| 794 g | 1 large can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes, lightly drained |
| 192 g | 1 cup brown or green lentils, picked over and rinsed |
| 960 g | 4 cups vegetable broth |
| 473 g | 2 cups water |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt, more to taste |
| Pinch of red pepper flakes | |
| Freshly ground black pepper, to taste | |
| 1 cup chopped fresh collard greens or kale, tough ribs removed | |
| 23 g | 1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice (1/2 to 1 medium lemon), to taste |
Method: 7 steps, published by cookieandkate.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I just made this soup & Just took it off the stove. Follow this recipe exactly but add a half tsp of turmeric & half tsp of cinnamon in addition to what the recipe calls for. Finish it by adding the chopped kale & Parsley with 1/4 cup of honey &am” — a cook, 5.0★
“I just made this as I had lentils, and garden kale, and all the other ingredients (except vegetable stock/used water and chicken stock). Very yummy! I make a traditional lentil and while I love it, I rarely change the flavor profile - it's Italian, with or w” — a cook, 5.0★