{"id":2726,"slug":"red-lentil-soup","title":"Red Lentil Soup","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["1–2 tablespoons olive oil","1 onion, diced","2 carrots, diced","2 cloves garlic, minced","½ lb dry red lentils","6 cups water or stock","1 bay leaf"],"ingredients_norm":["olive oil","onion","carrot","garlic","dry red lentil","water or stock","bay leaf"],"steps":["Pick over the lentils to remove any debris if needed. Rinse well.","Heat the olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Once oil is hot, add the onion and carrots. Sauté for a few minutes, until the vegetables have started to soften, then add the garlic.","Add the lentils, bay leaf, and water to the pot. Simmer over low-medium heat for 20–30 minutes until lentils are softened.","Serve hot."],"categories":["Soup recipes","Vegan recipes","Recipes for soup","Recipes using red lentil","Boiled recipes","Recipes using bay leaf","Recipes using carrot","Recipes using garlic","Recipes using broth and stock"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":"4","yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Red_Lentil_Soup","source_ref":"4518501","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Red_Lentil_Soup&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"3ae00b845e1c5d7a3f5daeb823574baeb63e28744d2ee984cd9e21b0a30519d7","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:16Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:16Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/red-lentil-soup"}