Jacob's Middle Eastern Lentil Soup

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup dried lentils
• 4 cups water
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 rinse lentils, discarding and stones, or blemished lentils; drain.
• 2 heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat until hot.
• 3 add onion and bell pepper, cook and stir 5 minutes or until tender.
• 4 add cumin and ground red pepper and stir 1 minute.
• 5 pour in the 4 cups of water and the lentils. bring to a boil and reduce heat to low.
• 6 cover and simmer 20 minutes.
• 7 stir in salt and simmer 10 minutes more or until lentils are tender.
• 8 stir in lemon juice and serve.