Hungarian Lentil Soup Recipe

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Hungarian Lentil Soup

Recipe by: Gabriella

"This lentil soup is of a Hungarian based recipe and it is traditional to eat lentils during New Years day to symbolize money coming your way for the coming year."

Directions

In a large stockpot, saute the onions in oil until they are glossy. Stir in garlic, paprika, celery, carrots, and saute for 10 minutes.
Once the vegetables have sauteed for 10 minutes stir in tomatoes, chicken stock, lentils, bay leaves, salt, and pepper. Stir well, then add the wine and bring the mixture to a boil. Slowly reduce the heat and cook for 1 hour on low to medium heat; or until the lentils are tender.
Sprinkle the soup with parsley and Parmesan (optional) before serving.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving: 258 calories; 6 33.5 13.9 10 1278 Full nutrition

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451 Ratings

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Aprille
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- 4

2/19/2006

I have made this recipe at least ten times and am finally making a review. I have settled on those small black lentils. You can also use WAY MORE lentils than what is mentioned here. I let them ...

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Sara Roach
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- 27

10/29/2011

I did not care for this recipe. It's nothing more than a tomato-based vegetable soup with lentils in it.

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Aprille
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2/19/2006

I have made this recipe at least ten times and am finally making a review. I have settled on those small black lentils. You can also use WAY MORE lentils than what is mentioned here. I let them ...

Flannery
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12/30/2005

This is very yummy. Here's my take on it: I left out the onions (DH is allergic) and substituted red wine for the white. I used a cheap Shiraz wine but as long as you would drink it, it's all go...

JANESET
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9/24/2001

Wow was this soup good. I had a tri-color lentil blend and I also added spinach, not only did it taste good it looked great. I will be making this again soon!

Karen in DE
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3/12/2010

My tips: - Lentils aren't usually soaked. You don't need to soak them if you wait to add the tomatoes and wine until after the lentils are cooked soft. (The acid prevents the lentils from softe...

FBA
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3/12/2003

Yummy! I didn't pre-soak the lentils 1st (although I rinsed & drained them). Maybe because of this, the soup required about 2 hours of cooking time. The carrots though weren't soft enough aft...

BWURDEMAN
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7/14/2002

I am Hungarian American and this was the best lentil soup I've made. I added chopped ham and that just made the soup even heartier.

GINAH1
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2/7/2002

This recipe made a huge pot of soup-we had plenty for a couple of days and enough to freeze-delicious and easy.

Kris
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1/24/2011

Made this a few nights ago & it was FANTASTIC!! Followed the recipe in all aspects except I used probably double the amount of lentils. But this is just because I like a really thick lentil so...

TwoDCsPlus1
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- 67

2/8/2003

This soup was absolutely wonderful! I added some cooked wild rice to the soup to make it a soup with complete protein, and it turned out great. It was absolutely delicious and completely nutri...

Hungarian Lentil Soup

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