Beef & Lentil Soup

Recipe video above. Here's a different means to utilize dispute mince – a hearty Beef & Lentil Soup full with vegetables! Flavoured with spices including small on effort gratitude to the earth beef, lentil soups can exist therefore uninteresting – however not this one. 🙂

Healthy, hearty, economical – it's a complete dinner made inside one pot. 100% perfect for freezing, utilize a bit of veg you want including control up the spicing to your taste!

Ingredients

My Moroccan Spice Mix (or alteration it up! Note 1):

• ▢ 2 1/2 tbsp Moroccan seasoning combine (store-bought) , a bit of brand is fine, I used this one
• ▢ 1 tsp allspice (mixed seasoning drive work too)
• ▢ 2 tsp cumin powder
• ▢ 2 tsp paprika
• ▢ 3/4 tsp black pepper
• ▢ 1/2 tsp salt (Note 2)

Soup:

• ▢ 1 tbsp olive oil
• ▢ 2 garlic cloves , finely chopped
• ▢ 1 onion , finely chopped (brown, white, or yellow)
• ▢ 500g / 1lb beef mince (ground beef) (I utilize lean)
• ▢ 1 1/4 cups dried lentils (or 2 cans, drained, Note 3)
• ▢ 2 carrots *, slit into 1cm / 1/3” dice
• ▢ 2 celery stalks *, chopped into 1cm / 1/3”pieces
• ▢ 2 zucchinis *(small, or 1 large), slit into 1cm / 1/3” dice
• ▢ 100g / 4 oz green beans *, trimmed, slit into 1.5cm / 1/2” pieces
• ▢ 800g / 28 oz crushed canned tomato
• ▢ 4 cups / 1 litre beef stock , small sodium (Note 4)
• ▢ 3 cups water

Serving:

• ▢ Yogurt (plain or Greek)
• ▢ 1/4 cup Coriander/cilantro leaves, or sliced green onions

Instructions

• Mix spices inside a small bowl.
• Saute onion & garlic: Heat lubricant inside a large container above mean high heat. Cook onion including garlic for 3 record until yellow on the edges.
• Brown & seasoning beef: Turn warm (up) up to high, add dispute including cook until it's no longer red, breaking it up while you go. Add 2 tablespoons of the Spice Mix including cook it for a further 2 record – it drive smell therefore good!
• Carrot & celery: Add carrot including celery, in those days mix for 1 minute. (If using your special veg mix, add the veg inside this step that drive hold up to full 25 min simmer time)
• Make broth: Add water, dispute stock, canned tomato, lentils including remaining Spice Mix too. Give it a stir, bring to simmer, in those days spot lid on including reduce to mean small therefore it's simmering gently. Lentils drive take 25 – 30 record to cook until soft. Very old lentils can take 5 – 10 record longer.
• Simmer 15 minutes in those days add zucchini & green beans.
• Simmer 10 minutes longer or until lentils are smooth (ie. 25 record total).
• Serve! Taste including add more seasoning provided desired. Ladle into bowls including work for with yogurt including coriander.

Recipe Notes:

* Switch these suggested vegetables for 6 to 8 cups of a bit of vegetables that can exist simmered. Add them according to their estimated cook time. Also, stirring inside spinach, kale or baby spinach at the end is a nice means of sneaking inside even more greens while expertly while adding some colour.

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1. Spice mix –  Lots of possibilities here. It’s easy to judge quantity by adding segment by segment including tasting while you go! I’ve used a handy clear Moroccan Spice Mix option to do this a taste boost with smallest effort. But some other suggestions:

• Mexican – You can entirely cheat including utilize a packet of taco seasoning (1 package is the perfect amount) or utilize the Homemade Taco Seasoning recipe inside this Taco Soup. Serve with dollop of sour cream including shredded cheese, corn chips or warm tortillas for dunking. SO GOOD!
• Indian – Use a excellent measure of your favourite curry pounce (packet, or combine up while you like) with a touch of Garam Masala for more authentic flavour! I would utilize at least 1 tbsp curry inside the dispute + 1 tsp Garam Masala, in those days the same inside the broth. Add chilli pounce or cayenne for heat! Serve with yogurt including coriander/cilantro;
• Greek way – Double the garlic, add 1 tbsp oregano leaves including 2 teaspoons earth fennel seeds into the beef. Follow recipe while written, stop with the zest of 1 lemon + lemon juice to taste. Flatbread for dunking!
• Italian – Add 2 – 3 teaspoons of Italian herb combine into the beef, plus a teaspoon more into the broth, plus a pinch of chilli flakes. Stir inside 1/2 cup of grated parmesan including stop with a sprinkling of more parmesan. Serve with crusty bread. SO GOOD!
• Cajun – Use a excellent Cajun seasoning mix! Add a tablespoon into the beef, in those days add more to flavour into the broth – just flavour including simmer.
• Middle Eastern Shawarma-flavour – Make it from rub yourself using the seasoning combine inside this Lamb Shawarma Chickpea Soup recipe.

2. Salt – We start with a small lot in those days add more at end provided needed because some Moroccan Spice Mixes are salted, including we don’t want to above salt.

3. Lentils – Use green or brown dried, or 2 x 400g/14oz cans (drained). For canned lentils, add them 15 record into the simmer time – they only miss 10 to 15 record inside the broth (much longer including they drive get also mushy).

Avoid Puy lentils/French lentils, they hold their shape including don’t melt the means we want here!

Chickpeas – Excellent alternative, drive exist like this Lamb Shawarma Mince Chickpea Soup. Beans drive too work. Chickpeas including beans can exist added atet beginning of the cook simmer time, utilize 2 x cans (drained).

4. Beef stock/broth – Use small sodium therefore you can control the seasoning inside the soup yourself, especially because some Moroccan Spice Mixes have seasoning inside them too.Stock cubes or pounce can exist used however the taste isn’t while clean/pure. If you liking to utilize it, we miss to improve the taste base while follows:

• Sauté the onion, celery including carrots together on mean small for 8 record – this drive form a terrific soffrito taste base to compensate;
• Use 4 cubes or 4 teaspoons pounce including 1 litre / 4 cups water (in spot of dispute stock).

5. Storage – fridge up to 5 days, or freezer for 3 months. 

6. Nutrition per serving, excluding toppings.