Best 7 Creamy Lentil Soup Recipes

CREAMY VEGETARIAN LENTIL-MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan, saute onions, mushrooms, garlic, and celery till just slightly browned, about 10 minutes.
• In a 3 1/2 or 4 quart crockpot, combine the lentils, carrots, onion, garlic, mushrooms, celery& parsley.
• Stir in water, mushroom soup, and bouillon.
• Cover; cook on low 10 to 12 hours or high 5 to 6 hours.
• Top each serving with a dollop of sour cream.
• 4 servings.

CREAMY TOMATO AND LENTIL SLOW COOKER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a non stick pan. Cook onion over medium heat until golden. Add garlic and chilli and cook for about 1 minute.
• Place onion mix in slow cooker. Stir in tomatoes, stock, tomato paste, brown sugar and lentils.
• Cover with lid and cook on LOW 6-8 hours or HIGH 4 hours.
• Stir in cream 1/2 hour before end of cooking, replace lid and continue to cook.
• The orginal recipe says to ladle into bowls and top with 2 tsp sundried tomato pesto. Serve hot with crusty bread.

DAHL SOUP (NEPAL-STYLE CREAMY LENTIL SOUP)

Steps:

• 1. Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add onions and garlic, and sauté for about 6 minutes, stirring frequently, or until the onions are soft and starting to caramelize.
• 2. Add all remaining ingredients (except lemon and cilantro). Let the mixture almost reach a boil. Reduce heat, cover pot, and let simmer 20 to 30 minutes or until lentils are tender.
• 3. Remove pot from heat, and stir in 3/4 cup of the cilantro. Squeeze lemon halves into the pot, and stir. Ladle into serving bowls, and garnish each serving with remaining cilantro, and serve immediately.

CREAMY SPLIT PEA & LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Cook your peas and lentils, in the water and broth in a large pot over medium heat for 90 minutes to two hours, or until soft. Do not drain. Transfer to a large bowl and set aside.
• In a saute pan, heat the oil. When heated, saute the onion, carrot, and celery with the bay leaves until soft. Make sure you remove the bay leaves.
• Puree the vegetables in a blender until smooth. Move to a large pot. Puree the peas and lentils in batches in the blender until smooth. Add that to the vegetable puree, and cook over medium low heat until warm. Serve in bowls.
• Enjoy!

SLOW COOKER CREAMY LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Coat a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Place broth and next 8 ingredients (through garlic) in slow cooker; stir well. Cover and cook on Low 7 hours.
• Process chickpeas, 3/4 cup water, oil, and lemon juice in a blender until smooth. Add chickpea mixture and kale to slow cooker; stir well. Cover and cook on low 30 minutes. Stir in vinegar

CREAMY LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a dutch oven over medium heat.
• Add next 3 ingredients; saute 3 minutes.
• Add cumin and curry powder; cook 30 seconds, stirring constantly.
• Add lentils and next 3 ingredients; stir well, and bring to a boil.
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 45 minutes or until lentils are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Spoon one-third of mixture into container of an electric blender or food processor; cover and process until smooth.
• Spoon into a large bowl.
• Repeat procedure with remaining lentil mixture.
• Return mixture to pan; cook over medium heat until heated.
• Ladle into soup bowls; top with yogurt.

CREAMY LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse lentils and rice in warm water and set aside. In a large heavy pot, heat oil on a medium-high heat. Add onions, leeks and bay leaf and saute for 3-5 minutes, then add carrots, tumeric, curry powder, cumin, salt and pepper and saute for a few minutes. Then add the rice and lentils, stir all ingredients and add water. Allow to come to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and let cook, stirring every 10 minutes, for about 30 minutes. Add lemon juice, and more water if soup is very thick. Allow to cool a little bit and then with a hand-held blender, puree the soup until smooth and creamy. Ladle soup in plates, garnish with parsley and some more cumin and lemon juice if desired. Serve hot.