Hopeful Hummus Soup
Hummus lovers! You'll want to memorize this 6 ingredient, 1 pot recipe. This velvety and ultra satisfying soup is your new creamy, comfort soup. Replace it with those "other" soups if you're feeling under the weather because this is a soup that HEALS, not harms. It's made with red lentils (not garbanzo beans), that break down and become blend-able. Add a generous hit of garlic, the tang of lemon and tahini for richness and you've got super simple soup in under 30 minutes (and that's only 5 minutes in prep!) Bonus for the high level nutritional profile - each serving has around 15 grams of fiber, 13 grams of protein and 20% of your daily iron.
Equipment
- 1 Soup Pan
- 1 Immersion Blender
Ingredients
- 1 yukon gold potato rough chop is fine (should be about 1.5 cups)
- 1 medium size sweet onion rough chop
- 3-4 cloves of garlic depending on how much you like garlic, adding more is a good thing
- 2 tbsp tahini
- 2 cups red lentils rinsed well
- 5 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 6 cups water add more water in 1/2 cup increments if you want it thinner
- 2 teaspoons of salt more or less to taste
- 1 tbsp lemon zest add the zest of your lemon
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a large enough pot and simmer until lentils breakdown into a mush
- Use an immersion blender to blend until it's creamy and there are no chunks of onion or potato. Alternately, cool enough to blend in a blender in batches and return to pan to warm.
- Be SURE to season to taste the way you like it. This recipe is a good basic recipe but you may like a bit more salt or lemon or garlic. Make sure you adjust to make it YOUR soup.
- Garnish away! Since this is a super thick and ultra creamy soup you can dot it with sauces such as a hot pepper sauce and swirl into designs. How fun! I like to add chopped italian parsley and a couple crunchy croutons.
- Serve up with anything that goes with Hummus. Soft bread or naan for dipping, olives or tomatoes.
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Notes
This is a very flavorful and thick soup. If you prefer it thinner add water in 1/2 cup increments to achieve your favorite consistency. You'll also want to bump up the seasoning (lemon, salt, tahini) a bit to taste. The soup will also thicken as it cools - it behaves much like split pea soup.