Red Lentil & Sweet Potato Soup

Name: Red Lentil & Sweet Potato Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 large garlic cloves, finely chopped; 150 g/5½ oz/¾ cup red lentils, rinsed; 2 tsp balsamic vinegar; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 l/35 fl oz/4 cups Vegetable Stock or ready-made stock, boiling, plus extra if needed; 1 large red onion, finely chopped; 1 sweet potato, about 250 g/9 oz, diced; 1 red pepper, halved lengthways, deseeded and quartered; a pinch of dried chilli flakes; chopped parsley leaves, to serve

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
3 hr 30

Appears in

I Love My Slow Cooker

By Beverly LeBlanc

Published 2012

About

Ingredients

1 large red onion, finely chopped
4 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
a pinch of dried chilli

Soup
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Put all the ingredients except the vinegar in the slow cooker and season with pepper. Add extra stock to cover the lentils, if necessary.

Cover the cooker with the lid and cook on HIGH for 3 hours until the lentils and sweet potato are tender.

Remove the pepper pieces and discard. Stir well and season with salt and a little more pepper, if you like. Stir in the vinegar, sprinkle