Grammy's Kitchen · Lentil Soup · Red Lentil Soup
One of 41 lentil soup recipes we measured
from www.jessicagavin.com
44 cooks on www.jessicagavin.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 | 500% | 522% |
| vegetables and beans | 133% | 186% |
| aromatics | 88% | 81% |
| fat | 14% | 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 olive oil |
| 160 g | 1 cup yellow onion (1/4-inch dice) |
| 64 g | 1/2 cup carrots (1/4-inch dice) |
| 50 g | 1/2 cup celery (1/4-inch dice) |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon minced garlic |
| 140 g | 1 cup butternut squash (1/2-inch dice) |
| 192 g | 1 cup dried red lentils (rinsed) |
| 960 g | 4 cups unsalted vegetable broth (plus more as needed) |
| 1 g | 1 bay leaf (dried) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon kosher salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon black pepper |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme (or 1 teaspoon fresh thyme) |
Method: 16 steps, published by www.jessicagavin.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made this tonight. I followed the recipe except used 2 cups homemade chicken broth that I had on hand and two cups water with some organic boullion paste-I guess making it less vegetarian, but it was what I had. I transferred some to the blender, added it b” — a cook, 5.0★
“This has become a routine soup for us. Thank you!!! I cook it in my Dutch Oven just because we like it so much, and my instant pot can’t fit quadruple the recipe. I usually give so much away, because everybody loves it! But we are keeping this batch. In th” — a cook, 5.0★