Roasted Red Pepper and Lentil Soup
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| Roasted Red Pepper and Lentil Soup |
Roasted Red Pepper and Lentil Soup: We travel. We don’t eat out much or go to a lot of movies just so we can take a long flight to some exotic or rainy or ruined location once a year. No matter where we’ve been, we’ve found exceptional vegan food. Like the soy cheese pizza we had at Napfényes Ízek in Budapest, or the mezze platter we shared in Istanbul. But no matter where we’ve been, there’s always been one constant: lentil soup. We’ve had red lentil soup in Brussels and green lentil soup in Valladolid. We’ve had French lentil soup with beets in Paris (obviously) and a yellow dal-like soup in Athens. Lentils are a true constant. Lucky for us, we love lentils. This soup is an homage to all the soups we’ve loved before.
MAKES 6 SERVINGS
$1.09 PER SERVING
Ingredients for Roasted Red Pepper and Lentil Soup recipe
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 red onion, diced
- 1 large sweet potato, diced
- 1 large carrot, sliced
- 5 cups vegetable broth
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce or Bragg’s Liquid Aminos
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1½ cups dry red lentils
- ¼ teaspoon vegan liquid smoke
- 1 cup jarred roasted red peppers with juices
- ¼ teaspoon celery seed
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
How to make Roasted Red Pepper and Lentil Soup ?
In a Dutch oven or large stew pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion, sweet potato, and carrot and cook until tender. Reduce the heat to low. Add the broth, garlic, soy sauce, red pepper flakes, lentils, and vegan liquid smoke. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally to make sure the soup cooks evenly, for 30 minutes, or until the lentils are tender. Add the red peppers, celery seed, and black pepper and blend the soup directly in the pot using an immersion blender, or, working in batches, transfer to a food processor and process until smooth.
LIQUID SMOKE
Not sure what you’re going to do with that leftover liquid smoke? Make some Simple Korean Kimchi BBQ Burgers. Once you’ve had a veggie burger made with vegan liquid smoke, it’s pretty hard to go back to the original. This little bottle of ingenious wizardry is usually made using real wood smoke-infused steam, so it’s a surprisingly natural way to flavor your food without adding salt, and will give your food that certain something so many mock meats have lacked over the years.
