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Lebanese Lentil Soup

author: skipper-davies Lebanese-Style Lentil Soup with Swiss Chard and Lemon

Open it in the app → Scaled list, tap-off ingredients, and cook mode with timers. The iPhone app is coming soon; the web mockup runs it now.

Ingredients serves 8

  • 3 cupsred lentils
  • 12 cupswater
  • 1 largered onion, diced
  • 2 smallYukon gold potatoes, diced
  • 1 mediumzucchini, diced
  • 4 cupsSwiss chard, chopped
  • 1 bunchcilantro, chopped
  • ¼ cuplemon juice, more to taste
  • 1 teaspooncumin

Method one step at a time, with timers in the app

  1. In a large pot, add lentils and water and place on medium heat to boil.
  2. In a pan, sauté onions until pink, about 5 minutes. Add chopped Swiss chard and sauté together until chard is wilted, 2-3 minutes.⏱ 5 min
  3. After lentils have cooked about 8 minutes, add onion chard mixture, along with diced potatoes and zucchini to the boiling water.⏱ 8 min
  4. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  5. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover the pot, and cook until the potatoes and lentils are completely cooked, about 12 minutes.⏱ 12 min
  6. Add the chopped cilantro. Stir and cook for about 5 minutes.⏱ 5 min
  7. Add lemon juice and cumin before serving.

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Original recipe by Not supplied in source metadata, published in the public domain by Public Domain Recipes (Unlicense). Shown as written; not yet tested in the Socrabites kitchen.