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Lebanese Lentil Soup

author: skipper-davies Lebanese-Style Lentil Soup with Spinach and Lemon

40 minTotal time
7Steps
10Ingredients
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Ingredients for 2

  • ¾ cup red lentils
  • 3 cups water
  • ¼ large red onion, diced
  • ½ small Yukon gold potatoes, diced
  • ¼ medium zucchini, diced
  • 1 cup spinach, chopped
  • ¼ bunch cilantro, chopped
  • 0.1 cup lemon juice, more to taste
  • ¼ tsp cumin
  • Salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

  1. In a large pot, add lentils and water and place on medium heat to boil.

  2. In a pan, sauté onions until pink, about 5 minutes. Add chopped spinach and sauté together until spinach is wilted, 2-3 minutes.

  3. After lentils have cooked about 8 minutes, add onion spinach mixture, along with diced potatoes and zucchini to the boiling water.

  4. Add salt and pepper to taste.

  5. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover the pot, and cook until the potatoes and lentils are completely cooked, about 12 minutes.

  6. Add the chopped cilantro. Stir and cook for about 5 minutes.

  7. Add lemon juice and cumin before serving.