Grammy's Kitchen · Lentil Soup · Easy Red Lentil Soup
One of 41 lentil soup recipes we measured
from downshiftology.com
It ranks #5 of 41 for vegetable texture among the lentil soup recipes we compared. 62 cooks on downshiftology.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 41.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 750% | 522% |
| vegetables and beans | 152% | 186% |
| aromatics | 100% | 81% |
| fat | 36% | 9% |
| salt | 3% | 2% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil |
| 150 g | 1 large yellow onion (diced) |
| 122 g | 2 medium carrots (peeled and diced) |
| 170 g | 1 medium potato (Yukon gold) (peeled and diced) |
| 9 g | 3 garlic cloves (minced) |
| 33 g | 2 tablespoons tomato paste |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon paprika |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon ground cumin |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon kosher salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper |
| 192 g | 1 cup red lentils (rinsed) |
| 1440 g | 6 cup low-sodium vegetable broth |
| plus lemon wedges, for serving | |
| 43 g | 3 tablespoons butter or olive oil |
| 5 g | 2 teaspoons Aleppo pepper |
Method: 6 steps, published by downshiftology.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made this recipe and it was so delicious! My hubby loved it and my daughter liked. This is a big win for our family meals and we are definitely adding this Red Lentil Soup to our usual rotation. The lemon made it bright and flavorful! I don’t have an immersi” — a cook, 5.0★
“LISA!! GIRL!!! This is so simple but so good, and not to mention good for you. I had a trouble with red lentils the first recipe I made from another creator. I love their vegan/veggie recipes but the red lentil recipe I did not. But this!! Simple ingredients o” — a cook, 5.0★