Best Lentil Soup Ever | No Expert with Emily Duncan

I have been on an insane quest for the perfect lentil soup recipe. This is the result of that quest.

It's kind of a mix of Turkish lentil soup/mercimek corbasi and daal flavors.

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Ingredients:
½ red, white, or yellow onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 med size carrots (or 1 large carrot), chopped
1 large potato, peeled & cubed
1 cup red lentils, rinsed & soaked for 30 minutes (uh, or yellow split peas!)
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp coriander
½ tsp cayenne (optional)
½ tsp smoked paprika
1-2 bay leaves
1 tsp sumac
1 tsp baking powder
2 Tbsp olive oil
½-1 tsp sea salt (but pay attention to how much salt is in your broth if you're using a store-bought stock/broth)
4 cups veg broth (or water, or chicken broth)

Dressing:
1 clove garlic, minced
1-2 Tbsp olive oil
1 tsp dried mint (or oregano)
½ tsp apple cider vinegar (or white vinegar, optional)
1 tsp chili flakes (optional)

Garnish:
Fresh cracked black pepper
Lemon wedges
Fresh cilantro and/or mint

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Instructions:
1. Warm the broth on med to med-low
2. Put your big boy pot on medium to med-high
3. Into the pot:
- Olive oil, heat
- Onion, carrot & potato, cook a few minutes
- Garlic, cook 1 more minute
- Lentils & Baking powder
- Spices, cook another few minutes
- Pour in broth
4. Bring to boil then down to simmer, cover for 30 min then remove cover & stir occasionally, up to another 15 min
5. Meanwhile, heat pide bread
6. Blend soup with hand blender and re-warm to desired temp
7. Make dressing (low heat, oil, garlic, herbs, spices, vinegar, just a minute or two, then turn off heat)
8. Garnish with black pepper, slice of lemon, and fresh herbs
9. Serve with warmed bread and enjoy thoroughly!!

With no dairy, no meat, and no eggs, this soup's practically healthy! :D

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