Turkish Red Lentil Soup with Mint

Name: Turkish Red Lentil Soup with Mint
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters fine bulgur; 1 liters chicken stock; 1 Tbsp dried mint; 1 clove garlic, minced; 6 servings salt and ground black pepper to taste; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 1 onion, diced; 1 teaspoon paprika; 118 milliliters red lentils; 59 milliliters rice; 2 Tbsps tomato paste; 59 milliliters diced tomatoes, drained

Turkish Red Lentil Soup with Mint might be just the soup you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 11g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 226 calories. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free and vegetarian diet. If you have onion, chicken stock, lentils, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour.

Instructions

Heat the olive oil in a large pot over high heat. Cook and stir the onion in the hot oil until it begins to soften, about 2 minutes. Stir the garlic into the onion and cook another 2 minutes.

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Olive Oil

Garlic

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Pot

Add the diced tomatoes to the onion mixture; continue to cook and stir another 10 minutes.

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Tomato

Onion

Pour in the chicken stock, red lentils, bulgur, rice, tomato paste, paprika, cayenne pepper, and mint to the tomato mixture; season with salt and black pepper. Bring the soup to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer until the the lentils and rice are cooked through, about 30 minutes.

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Salt And Pepper

Cayenne Pepper

Chicken Stock

Tomato Paste

Red Lentils

Lentils

Paprika

Bulgur

Tomato

Mint

Rice

Soup

Pour the soup into a blender to no more than half full. Firmly hold the lid in place and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth; pour into your serving dish. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup in cooking pot.

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Soup

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