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Slow Cooker Lentil Soup

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360 min Serves 4 Slow cooker

Per serving

340

kcal

19.1 g

protein

57.9 g

carbs

5.4 g

fat

5.6 g protein per 100 kcal · 11.5 g fibre. Calculated from the exact weights below using standard food composition data, so they are close estimates rather than lab values.

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Ingredients

For 4 servings.

  • Lentils, dry weight250 g
  • Carrot250 g
  • Tinned chopped tomatoes400 g
  • Onion150 g
  • Stock cube20 g
  • Olive oil15 g
  • Spinach(optional)100 g

Method

  1. 1Everything but the spinach into the pot with 1.5 litres of water.
  2. 2Low for six hours.
  3. 3Spinach stirred through at the end to wilt.

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The techniques and safety points this recipe uses, explained from scratch.

How to chop (dice) an onionShow

The trick is to leave the root end on while you cut — it holds the layers together so the onion does not fall apart.

  1. Cut off the pointed top (not the hairy root end). Halve the onion from top to root.
  2. Peel off the papery skin and the first tough layer.
  3. Lay one half flat side down. Make a few cuts from top towards the root, stopping about 1 cm before it.
  4. Turn the knife flat and make one or two cuts parallel to the board, again stopping short of the root.
  5. Now slice across the first cuts with the claw grip. Small squares fall off. Bin the root end.

Ready when: Pieces about the size of a pea (finely chopped) or a fingernail (chopped).

Opening tinsShow

Ring-pull lids have razor-sharp edges once open.

  1. Pull the ring slowly and steadily towards you, keeping fingers away from the lid's edge.
  2. Don't press food down with your fingers inside an open tin — use a spoon.
Wilting spinach and leafy greensShow

A huge pile of raw spinach shrinks to a few spoonfuls in under a minute of heat.

  1. Add the leaves on top of the hot food right at the end — it will look like far too much.
  2. Stir and turn them for 30–60 seconds until they go dark green and floppy.
  3. Take it off the heat straight away. Overcooked spinach turns slimy and grey.

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A standard home version of a well-known dish, written for Solviro. Nutrition is estimated from ingredient weights and will vary with brands and portions.