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Serves:
4
Ingredients
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3 Tbspolive oil
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2 Tbspunsalted butter
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1onion, chopped
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2carrots, diced
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2ribs celery, diced
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1green bell pepper, diced
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1 smallboiling potato, peeled, diced
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1 tspground cumin
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1 Tbspground chili powder
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3/4 tspground allspice
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1 smallbay leaf and 5 sprigs parsley, tied together with kitchen string
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1/2 lblentils, picked over
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6 cchicken broth
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·salt
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·freshly ground black pepper
How to Make Spiced Lentil Soup
- Place the olive oil, butter and onion in a soup kettle, set over low heat and cook until the onion has softened, about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Increase the heat to medium, add the carrots and stir-cook for 1 minute.
- Add the celery and stir-cook for 1 minute.
- Add the green pepper and stir-cook for 1 minute.
- Add the diced potato, cumin, chili powder and allspice; stir-cook for 1 minute.
- Add the herb bundle, lentils and chicken broth; bring to a boil, then boil for 1 minute.
- Cover and simmer for about 1 hour, or until the lentils are tender.
- The soup may be prepared in advance up to this point.
- Season the soup with salt and fresh pepper to taste and discard the parsley-bay leaf bundle.
- Ladle the soup into warm bowls and serve steaming hot.
About Spiced Lentil Soup
Course/Dish: Vegetable Soup
Other Tag: Quick & Easy
