Recipe For Lentil Soup Italian Style

Simmer for about 7 minutes.

Recipe for lentil soup italian style. Add onions celery and carrot. Add carrot mixture and lentils. More specifically the hand crushed tomatoes 2 cups the sorted and rinsed dried lentils 2 cups and 8 cups of stock vegetable or chicken.

Simmer covered 20 25 minutes or until lentils are tender stirring occasionally. Stir in lentils parsley bouillon pepper and water. Add the water broth lentils carrot green pepper oregano basil and if desired pepper flakes.

Cook 1 minute longer. Cook and stir until crisp tender. Combine water tomatoes bouillon and bay leaf in a large pot on medium heat.

As an option you can add teaspoon of red pepper flakes. In a large saucepan coated with cooking spray heat oil over medium heat. Cover and simmer for 20 25 minutes or until lentils are almost tender.

Finally add 1 bay leaf teaspoon dried thyme 4 5 basil leaves and salt and pepper to taste.