Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Lentil Soup (Turkish Style) takes several minutes to prepare.

Lentil Soup (Turkish Style) takes several minutes to cook.

Lentil Soup (Turkish Style) makes 14 servings.

The ingredients for Lentil Soup (Turkish Style) are:

1 large onion, sliced
1/4 cup butter
2 cups red or brown lentils, rinsed
5 cups of beef stock (or water with boullion)
Bay leaf

(This recipe was made with a combination of home made beef stock with additional water and boullion. I did not use a boullion cube for every cup of water.)

Here is how you make Lentil Soup (Turkish Style):

Melt butter in a large soup pot. When hot, add onions and "sweat" the onions over low heat with the lid on the pot. Do this until the onions are very mushy.Add the broth, lentils, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil then simmer until lentils are soft. Remove the bay leaf. Puree the soup with a hand blender or in a conventional blender. For very smooth soup, strain with cheesecloth or a fine sieve.Serving Size:?1/2 cupNumber of Servings: 14Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PLSTIVER.

The nutritional information for Lentil Soup (Turkish Style) is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 14
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 104.6

• Total Fat: 3.6 g
• Cholesterol: 8.7 mg
• Sodium: 74.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 13.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.1 g
• Protein: 5.0 g