Mexican
Sopa de Lentejas (Mexican Lentil Soup)
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Sopa de Lentejas (Mexican Lentil Soup) is Mexican home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the soup and the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the lentils and pick over for stones.
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Heat the oil and saute the onion and garlic for 2 minutes.
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Blend the tomato and add it to the pot, cooking 3 minutes until it darkens.
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Add the lentils and water, bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.
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Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes until the lentils are soft and the soup has thickened. A slice of fried plantain or a little bacon stirred in at the end is a common finish in many houses; this plain version is the one that keeps a vegetarian week easy.
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Serve it with
A Mexican lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Sopa de Lentejas (Mexican Lentil Soup), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Sopa de Lentejas (Mexican Lentil Soup) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| 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
- 230 kcal
- Protein
- 14 g
- Carbs
- 36 g
- Fat
- 3 g
- Fiber
- 7 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 460 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Sopa de Lentejas (Mexican 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. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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