Swiss Chard Soup with Lentils
This scrumptious Swiss chard soup with red lentils takes one pot, it's ready in 30 minutes and will surprise your taste buds! Hearty red lentils combined with green swiss chard, garlic, and broth infused with cumin, turmeric and cinnamon. Finished with a bright splash of lemon juice, fresh coriander, and chili flakes.
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Instructions
Wash the chard and with a knife separate the leaves from the stems. Chop the stems and slice the leaves (but keep leaves and stems separate).
In a large pot or Dutch oven warm the olive oil, add onion and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
Add the garlic, all the spices, give a good stir, and cook for a further 20-30 seconds.
Add the lentils, the chopped stems and the broth (alternately, warm water will work too). Bring to the boil.
Reduce to medium heat, cover with a lid and cook until the lentils are soft, it will take about 15-20 minutes.
Once the lentils are done, blend part of the soup with an immersion blender (alternately, transfer part of the soup into a highspeed blender, but be careful, it's hot and in this case you might want to turn the heat off and wait 5 minutes until it cools down a bit).
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Swiss chard: I used rainbow chard in this recipe, but regular swiss chard with the white stem works well too.
Storage: This soup will keep in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 4 days. It will absorb all the liquid as it sits and to reheat, add some water until it’s thinned to the desired consistency, then gently warm over medium-low heat.
Nutrition facts: Please note that the nutrition values are based on an online nutrition calculator. It’s an estimate only and it should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice. The nutrition value is for one serving (about 2 cups).
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This meal rocks! So healthy and easy. I dumped in some extra tomato bruschetta i had leftover and that was a fun addition. Thank you for developing this!
This was easy to make and the spices were delicious! Just the right balance of flavors.
Delicious, have made this many times. Easy to make and full of flavour
It was a very flavorful soup and smelled divine.I used the Rainbow Chard. I love how the cinnamon, cumin, turmeric and coriander all came together. I didn't have coriander leaves but had extra chard instead. I also didn't have fresh lemon so I used lemon juice. It turned out delicious!
The best soup ever. I make it regularly.
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