British

Lentil Soup

Name: Lentil Soup
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 200 g split red lentils; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 onion, chopped; 2 carrots, diced; 1 leek, sliced; 1.5 litres vegetable stock; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 2 tbsp chopped parsley

Simon @simon_roasts

Lentil Soup is British home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

40 min Easy Diabetic friendly High fiber Vegetarian Vegan Pescatarian Halal Dairy free Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

200 g split red lentils
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 onion, chopped
2 carrots, diced
1 leek, sliced
1.5 litres vegetable stock
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 tbsp chopped parsley

How to cook it

Heat the oil in a large saucepan and soften the onion, carrots and leek over a low heat for about 8 minutes, stirring now and then, without letting them brown.
Rinse the lentils in a sieve, then add them to the pan with the hot stock. Two stock cubes to the 1.5 litres is about right, and a gluten-free cube keeps the pot safe for anyone avoiding gluten.
Bring it to the boil, skim off any foam, then cover and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes, stirring once or twice, until the lentils have collapsed and the carrots are tender.
Leave it chunky or blend half of it for a smoother bowl. Season with black pepper, taste before adding any salt because the stock is already salty, and stir in the parsley.
Serve hot, with a slice of bread on the side for anyone who wants one. It keeps for 3 days in the fridge and thickens as it sits, so loosen it with a splash of water when you reheat it.

Serve it with

A British dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Lentil Soup, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Cauliflower Cheese
  
  40 min
What it is eaten with
- British Mashed Potatoes
  
  30 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Lentil Soup carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Lentil Soup
Allergen	In this dish
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 280 kcal
Protein: 14 g
Carbs: 46 g
Fat: 6 g
Fiber: 8 g
Sugar: 5 g
Sodium: 990 mg
Saturated fat: 1 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Lentil Soup takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.