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4.50 from 2 votes

Oven Baked Lentil Soup with Greens

This is a hearty delicious one pot wonder that cooks up in an hour and will taste like it took days.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: lunch, Main Course, Soup
Cuisine: Fusion, Mediterranean
Keyword: dutch oven, greens, lentils, one pot soups, peas, soups
Calories: 241kcal
Cost: $7

Equipment

  • Dutch Oven or Oven safe pot with lid

Ingredients

  • 8 cups Vegetable Broth
  • 1 ½ cups Split peas, green or yellow
  • 4 Carrots scrubbed, trimmed and chopped into bite size pieces
  • 4 stalks Celery chopped into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 Leek trimmed and chopped into 1 inch pieces
  • 2 Bay Leaves
  • 1 ½ tsp Ground Cumin
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Pepper
  • 1 bunch Fresh greens like Kale or Spinach cleaned and sliced
  • Chopped Herbs to garnish, optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350° F or 180° C
  • Put the stock or broth, dried peas and lentils, vegetables, bay leaves, cumin, salt and pepper into a large heavy casserole dish or Dutch Oven and stir to combine.
  • Cover and bake in the oven for 1 hour or until the peas and lentils are tender.
  • Remove from the oven and remove bay leaves.
  • Stir in greens through hot soup just until greens are wilted.
  • Garnish with herbs and serve.
  • Hot crusty bread and butter on the side for soaking up all the last bit of goodness in the bowl.

Nutrition

Calories: 241kcal | Carbohydrates: 36.3g | Protein: 18.5g | Fat: 2.3g | Saturated Fat: 0.5g | Sodium: 1078mg | Potassium: 877mg | Fiber: 15.6g | Sugar: 5.8g | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 5mg