French Onion Herby Mushroom Lentil Soup
French Onion Herby Mushroom Lentil Soup. The new year is right around the corner and lentils are always our tradition for good luck. This year we took the classic French Onion Soup and spun it into a Lentil Soup. It’s all those delicious caramelized onions that everyone loves about French Onion Soup paired with herby mushrooms to create this unique bowl of lentil goodness. And I think we need all the good luck we can get for 2021 !! Anyone else have any New Years good luck traditions?!
Every year in between Christmas and New Years, we have a lentil soup dish. It stands for good luck, and whether that is actually true or not this has been a tradition of ours for a while!
We try to create a different and fun lentil soup every year, and this year we decided to combine two classics in our house. Lentil Soup with vegetables (the lentils and the mushrooms) & French Onion Soup (obviously the delicious caramelized onions).
I mean, two delicious soups, both great on their own….NOW in one bowl?! Yup, this combination is seriously kind of epic. Not to mention it’s super cozy and like I said before we definitely need all the good luck to ring in this new year!!
Ingredients:
4 tablespoons butter
2 red onions; thinly sliced
1 sweet onion; thinly sliced
salt and pepper
1/4 cup cooking sherry
14 ounces mixed mushrooms; sliced
1 cup lentils
4 cups beef broth
4 cups vegetable broth
2 fresh thyme sprigs
2 bay leaves
olive oil for drizzling
Directions:
In a large stock pot, melt the butter. Add the onions. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Once the onions have softened, add the sherry. Continue cooking until caramelized. If the onions start to dry up add water 2 tablespoons at a time (this should take about 30 minutes).
Add the mushrooms and cook for another 10 minutes. Add the lentils, the beef stock, the vegetable stock, and the fresh herbs. Simmer for 30 minutes or until lentils have softened.
Taste and adjust seasonings. Drizzle with olive oil. Serve with crusty bread.
