Best Italian Lentil Soup Recipes

LENTIL SOUP WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND ESCAROLE

Steps:

• Simmer lentils, water, broth, bay leaf, and half of garlic in a 4-quart pot, uncovered, 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in a wide heavy 5- to 6-quart pot over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Brown sausage, about 7 minutes. Transfer sausage with a slotted spoon to a bowl.
• Reduce heat to medium and cook onion, carrots, celery, remaining garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato paste and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Add sausage and lentils with cooking liquid and simmer, uncovered, until lentils are tender, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir in escarole and cook until tender, about 3 minutes. Stir in vinegar to taste and season with salt and pepper. Discard bay leaf.

ITALIAN RED LENTIL AND BROWN RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in broth, diced tomatoes, red lentils, brown rice, Italian seasoning, celery flakes, white pepper, and marjoram. Bring soup to a boil; reduce heat, cover, and simmer until lentils break down and rice is tender, about 55 minutes.
• Stir balsamic vinegar into the soup just before serving.

ITALIAN LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the water, broth, lentils, carrot, green pepper, oregano, basil and, if desired, pepper flakes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until lentils are almost tender. , Stir in the tomatoes, tomato paste and lemon juice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 10 minutes longer or until lentils are tender. Serve with rice. Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth or water if necessary. Serve with rice.

ITALIAN LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Saute carrots, celery, onion, and garlic until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, rinse lentils. Combine water, tomatoes, bouillon, and bay leaf in a large pot on medium heat. Add carrot mixture and lentils. Simmer for about 7 minutes. Add pasta and cook for 3 minutes. Add zucchini and squash; cook until tender but not mushy, about 5 minutes. Add basil, oregano, and pepper.
• Remove soup from heat and let sit for 30 minutes, covered.

LENTIL SOUP WITH SPICY ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Heat oil in large pot over medium-high heat. Add sausage and cook until browned, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer sausage to bowl. Add onion, carrots, parsnips, celery, and Italian seasoning blend to drippings in pot; cook until onion is translucent and vegetables begin to soften, stirring often, 7 to 8 minutes. Add lentils; stir to coat. Add 3 quarts broth. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium and simmer until lentils are tender, stirring occasionally and adding more broth by 1/4 cupfuls if soup is too thick, 20 minutes.
• Add sausage to soup and simmer until vegetables are tender and flavors blend, 10 to 12 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in spinach. Cook until spinach is wilted, about 3 minutes.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Place onion, celery, garlic and carrots in food processor and pulse until finely chopped.
• Saute the veggies in 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
• Remove sausage from casings and crumble.
• Add sausage to vegetables and saute until no longer pink.
• Rinse lentils and add to pot.
• Add broth, water and seasonings and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 1 hour, stirring often.
• If soup becomes too thick, add more broth.
• Taste and adjust seasonings with salt and pepper.
• When done, drizzle with olive oil, stir and serve.

LENTIL & PASTA SOUP, ITALIAN STYLE

Steps:

• 1. In a large saucepan, heat olive oil and saute the carrot, celery, and onion. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes or untl soft. Add garlic, seasonings and lentils; stir. Cook for 30 seconds.
• 2. Add broth, salt and pepper. Cover; simmer for 30 mnutes on low heat until lentils are tender.
• 3. Add the cooked pasta to lentils; stir to combine. Serve with grated cheese sprinkled on top.

ITALIAN-STYLE LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan coated with cooking spray, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions, celery and carrot; cook and stir until crisp-tender., Stir in lentils, parsley, bouillon, pepper and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 20-25 minutes or until lentils are tender, stirring occasionally., Stir in tomato paste, vinegar, brown sugar and salt; heat through. Serve with cheese. Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add a little water if necessary.

ITALIAN LENTIL AND BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Sort through lentils to remove debris and shriveled beans, then rinse.
• Add lentils to crock pot, along with barley, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, dried herbs and bay leaf.
• Pour in broth, water, and tomatoes.
• Cover and cook on low heat for 12 to 14 hours, or on high heat for 5 to 6 hours.
• Discard bay leaf and just before serving stir in parsley and vinegar. (If you don't use the vinegar, the soup might taste more bland as you're omitting a major contributor of flavor.).
• Lentils aren't like dried beans. They don't require soaking and cook pretty quickly when you do it right.
• When you buy your lentils, go somewhere that has a decent turnover so your lentils haven't been sitting on the shelf for years. Also, don't add any additional salt to the soup while it is cooking, and don't add lentils to already boiling water as either one can make lentils tough.

HEARTY ITALIAN LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Place lentils in a pot with 3 cups water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook 20 minutes or until tender. Drain and set aside.
• Bring rice and 1 1/3 cup water to boil in a pot. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. In a bowl, combine the ground beef, beaten egg, garlic, 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese, parsley, bread crumbs, salt, and pepper. Form ground beef mixture into 1 inch balls. Place meatballs in skillet and cook 5 minutes or until evenly brown.
• In a large pot, bring the tomato sauce and 4 cups water to a boil. Transfer the browned meatballs to the pot. Mix in cooked lentils and rice. Return to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese to serve.

SLOW-COOKER ITALIAN CHICKEN-LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Remove fat from chicken. In 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker, mix onion, zucchini, carrots, lentils, broth, salt and pepper. Add chicken.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 5 to 6 hours.
• Remove chicken from slow cooker. Use 2 forks to pull chicken into shreds. Return chicken to slow cooker. Stir in mushrooms and tomatoes. Cover; cook on Low heat setting about 15 minutes longer or until thoroughly heated. Sprinkle with basil. Serve with cheese.

LENTIL SOUP WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE, COPYCAT , CUCINA CUCINA

Steps:

• Brown bulk, chicken Italian sausage in olive oil and butter in soup pot. Stirring to encourage the meat to be as fine as possible. When brown, remove sausage with slotted spoon, set aside. Reserving juices in the soup pot.
• To the juices in the soup pot, add diced carrots, onions, celery and leeks. Cook over medium high heat until tender, adding more butter if needed.
• Add lentils and broth. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally to prevent lentils from sticking. When this comes to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 40 to 45 minutes.
• When lentils are tender, add sausage back to vegetables in the pot. Add cream, mustard, vinegar and spinach.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Return soup to the boil, then reduce heat to simmer for 5 minutes.
• Serve hot with freshly grated parmesan cheese on top.

LENTIL SOUP WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium high heat. Add sausage and cook until browned (5 minutes), stirring occasionally. Using a slotted spoon, transfer sausage to a bowl.
• Stir in vegetables (onion - celery) and Italian seasoning; cook stirring until vegetables soften (8-10 minutes).
• Stir in lentils and the broth. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium and simmer until lentils are tender (20-30 minutes).
• Stir in sausage and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper and stir in spinach, cooking until spinach is wilted (3-5 minutes).

EVERYDAY ITALIAN LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy large pot over medium heat.
• Add the onion, carrots, and celery. Add the garlic, salt, and pepper and saute until all the vegetables are tender, about 5 to 8 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes with their juices. Simmer until the juices evaporate a little and the tomatoes break down, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes.
• Add the lentils and mix to coat.
• Add the broth and stir.
• Add the thyme sprigs.
• Bring to a boil over high heat.
• Cover and simmer over low heat until the lentils are almost tender, about 30 minutes.
• Stir in the pasta. Simmer until the pasta is tender but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper, to taste.Ladle the soup into bowls. Sprinkle with the Parmesan, drizzle with olive oil, and serve.

LENTIL SOUP WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND ESCAROLE

Steps:

• - Simmer lentils, water, broth, bay leaf, and half of garlic in a 4 qt pot, uncovered, 12 min - Meanwhile, heat oil in a wide heavy 5 - 6 qt pot over med-high heat until it shimmers. Brown sausages, about 7 min. Transfer sausage with slotted spoon to a bowl. - Reduce heat to medium and cook onion, carrots, celery, remaining garlic, 1 tsp of salt, and 1/2 tsp of pepper, stirring occationally until softened, about 5 min. Stir in tomato paste and cook, stirring, 2 min. Add sausage and lentils with cooking liquid and simmer, uncovered, until lentils are tender, 3 - 5 minutes. - Stir in escarole and cook until tender, about 3 min - Stir in vinegar to taste and season with salt and pepper. Discard bay leaf.

SLOW-COOKER ITALIAN CHICKEN-LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Remove fat from chicken. In 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker, mix onion, zucchini, carrots, lentils, broth, salt and pepper. Add chicken.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 5 to 6 hours.
• Remove chicken from slow cooker. Use 2 forks to pull chicken into shreds. Return chicken to slow cooker. Stir in mushrooms and tomatoes. Cover; cook on Low heat setting about 15 minutes longer or until thoroughly heated. Sprinkle with basil. Serve with cheese.

LENTIL SOUP WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE, COPYCAT , CUCINA CUCINA

Steps:

• Directions Brown bulk, chicken Italian sausage in olive oil and butter in soup pot. Stirring to encourage the meat to be as fine as possible. When brown, remove sausage with slotted spoon, set aside. Reserving juices in the soup pot. To the juices in the soup pot, add diced carrots, onions, celery and leeks. Cook over medium high heat until tender, adding more butter if needed. Add lentils and broth. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally to prevent lentils from sticking. When this comes to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 40 to 45 minutes. When lentils are tender, add sausage back to vegetables in the pot. Add cream, mustard, vinegar and spinach. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Return soup to the boil, then reduce heat to simmer for 5 minutes. Serve hot with freshly grated parmesan cheese on top.

ITALIAN LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Add the lentils and water to a slow cooker; cover and cook on LOW for 3-4 hours.
• In a skillet over medium heat, let the oil and butter heat together until the butter melts.
• Add in the onion, celery, and carrots; stir/saute 5 minutes or until just softened.
• Add in the garlic; cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
• Stir into the partially cooked lentils; cover and continue to cook on LOW for another 3-4 hours.
• Stir in the wine, lemon juice, and molasses; season with salt and plenty of fresh black pepper.
• Add water or broth to thin the soup if it is too thick.
• Cover and continue to cook on LOW for another 30 minutes.
• Ladle into bowls; serve hot topped with chopped green onion and a drizzle of vinegar.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In large, heavy saucepan, sauté the garlic in the oil, over medium heat, for few minutes.
• Add sausages, stock and water, tomatoes, celery, onions, carrots and lentils. Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat, cover the pan and simmer the soup for 1-1 1/2 hours, or until lentils are tender.
• Salt and pepper to taste. You cna also sprinkle some grated parmesan cheese on top

ITALIAN LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat dressing in large saucepan on medium heat. Add carrots, celery and onions; cook and stir 5 min. or until crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 min.
• Add all remaining ingredients except cheese; stir. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 1 hour or until lentils are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Remove soup from heat. Serve topped with cheese.