Spicy Lentil Soup recipe

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
¼ cup chopped onion
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 large carrot, chopped
1 large stalk celery, chopped
2 tablespoons tomato paste
⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or more to taste
⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper, or more to taste
salt and ground black pepper to taste
6 cups chicken stock
1 ½ cups dry lentils

Nutrition Info

216.9 calories
carbohydrate: 33.7 g
cholesterol: 0.7 mg
fat: 3.5 g
fiber: 15.6 g
protein: 13.6 g
saturatedFat: 0.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 711.3 mg
sugar: 3.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, cook and stir onion and garlic until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.

  2. Stir in carrot and celery, cook, stirring often, until vegetables are tender, about 8 more minutes.

  3. Stir in tomato paste, crushed red pepper, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper, mix in chicken stock and lentils.

  4. Bring soup to a boil and reduce heat to low, simmer until lentils are soft, about 20 minutes.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

This is a filling, hearty soup that is very easy to make!

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