Hearty Lentil Soup with Meat and Potatoes

Incredibly tasty, very bright and filling! Try it! Lentil soup with meat and potatoes is a great filler for lunch or a cold evening. You can use any meat: beef, pork or chicken and turkey.
cook time: 1h 20 min
Noah Merrick
Hearty Lentil Soup with Meat and Potatoes

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

49
Calories
2g
Fat
4g
Carbs
3g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

Basic:

Onion 80 g
Garlic 5 g
Tomatoes 100 g
Salt to taste
Water 1.8 l
Potato 300 g
Beef 300 g
Carrot 50 g
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
bell pepper 30 g
Greenery to taste
Red lentils 4 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to cook lentil soup with meat and potatoes? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. You can use any meat, I used beef pulp.

Step 2

Step 2
Rinse the beef under running water, place in a saucepan, and cover with cold water. Cover the pan with a lid and place over high heat. How to choose a saucepan for cooking soup, read a separate article at the end of this recipe.

Step 3

Step 3
When the water starts to boil, open the lid and skim off the foam with a spoon. Add some salt. Then reduce the heat to medium, cook the meat for an hour or an hour and a half (depending on what part of the beef you use for the soup).

Step 4

Step 4
While the meat is cooking, prepare the remaining ingredients. Peel the onion, rinse, cut in half and chop each half finely.

Step 5

Step 5
Wash the carrots in running water with a brush, peel, rinse and grate on a coarse grater.

Step 6

Step 6
Wash the potatoes in running water using a brush, peel, rinse and cut into small cubes.

Step 7

Step 7
Wash the bell pepper in running water, cut in half and remove the seeds and stem. Cut the pepper into small cubes. Peel the garlic and chop finely with a knife or pass through a garlic press.

Step 8

Step 8
Wash the tomato, cut into arbitrarily small pieces. If you wish, you can remove the skin from the tomato in advance. To do this, pour boiling water over the tomato and leave for a minute, then carefully drain the water and peel the tomato.

Step 9

Step 9
Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and heat it. Place onions, peppers, carrots and garlic in a frying pan and stir and fry for a while.

Step 10

Step 10
Rinse the red lentils in cold water several times until the water runs clear.

Step 11

Step 11
Add potatoes to the pan with the cooked meat. Turn the heat to maximum.

Step 12

Step 12
Next, add the lentils and mix everything. After boiling, reduce the heat to medium, cover the pan with a lid and cook until the potatoes and lentils are cooked. This will take approximately 15 — 20 minutes.

Step 13

Step 13
Remove meat from pan using a fork. Turn the heat back up to maximum. Place the roast into the pan.

Step 14

Step 14
After boiling, add tomatoes to the soup. Taste for salt and adjust if necessary.

Step 15

Step 15
Cut the meat into pieces.

Step 16

Step 16
Rinse the greens in running water, dry and chop finely. I used parsley. Dill and green onions also work well. Add the meat to the soup, followed by the greens. Remove the pan from the heat, cover with a lid and let sit for a while.

Step 17

Step 17
When serving, delicious red lentil soup with beef can be sprinkled with allspice. It will also be delicious with sour cream.

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