Mushroom Lentil Soup Crock Pot Recipes

FRENCH LENTIL AND MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add the leeks, celery, mushrooms, and sauté for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic and sauté for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour in the white wine and deglaze the pan by using a wooden spoon to gently lift up any brown bits that have stuck to the bottom of the pan.
• Add in the vegetable stock, thyme and bay leaves and stir to combine. Continue cooking until the soup reaches a simmer. Add in the lentils and stir to combine. Then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes or until the lentils are tender, checking back occasionally to stir the soup so that the lentils do not stick to the bottom of the pot.
• Remove and discard the thyme sprigs and bay leaves. Stir in the spinach and balsamic until the spinach begins to wilt. Then give the soup a taste and season with however much salt, black pepper, and/or extra balsamic you think is needed.
• Serve the soup warm,* garnished with an extra crack of black pepper (I also sprinkled some microgreens on top of mine), and enjoy!

MUSHROOM AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or other heavy pot, heat oil over medium. Add carrots, onion, and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until beginning to soften, about 6 minutes. Add mushrooms and season with salt and pepper. Cook until mushrooms are softened and golden brown at edges, about 8 minutes.
• Add thyme, lentils, and 7 cups water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, partially cover, and simmer until lentils are tender, about 25 minutes. Stir in soy sauce and season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve soup topped with yogurt.

SLOW COOKER LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Combine water, ham, tomatoes, lentils, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, pepper, salt, thyme, and bay leaf in a slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on LOW until lentils and vegetables are as soft as you like, 6 to 8 hours. Remove bay leaf before serving.

LENTIL SOUP WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Combine bell pepper, tomatoes, onion, and garlic in a blender; blend until smooth. Transfer mixture to a Dutch oven and cook over medium heat, stirring until mixture starts to brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Add water, lentils, basil, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until lentils are soft, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a skillet. Add mushrooms and season with salt and pepper. Cook until tender, stirring occasionally, 4 to 5 minutes. Add cooked mushrooms to lentil soup and simmer an additional 2 to 3 minutes.

MUSHROOM LENTIL SOUP (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• In a heatproof measuring cup or bowl combine hot water and dried mushrooms and let stand for 30 minutes or so, strain but reserve liquid. Pat dry and chop. Set aside.
• In a skillet over medium heat, heat oil and then add onion, celery and carrots, cook stirring until softenened (5-10 minutes). Stir in chili powder and mushrooms and cook another minute or so.
• Stir in tomatoes (with juice) and bring to a boil. Transfer to crock pot.
• Add vegetable broth, reserved mushroom liquid and lentils. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours (or high for 4-5 hours) or until vegetables are tender.
• Stir in lemon juice, salt and pepper.
• Spoon into bowls and garnish with chives or parsley (we used chives -- yum!).

MUSHROOM LENTIL BARLEY STEW

Steps:

• In a slow cooker, mix the broth, button mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, barley, lentils, onion flakes, garlic, savory, bay leaves, basil, pepper, and salt.
• Cover, and cook 4 to 6 hours on High or 10 to 12 hours on Low. Remove bay leaves before serving.

MUSHROOM AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Use a 3 quart saucepan over medium heat.
• Saute the onions in the oil til lightly browned, about 12 minutes.
• Add the stock, mushrooms, carrots, lentils, rosemary and bay leaf.
• Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat, cover loosely, and let simmer until the lentils are tender, about 3o minutes.
• Discard the bay leaf.