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Butter Bean and Lentil Soup (In A Soup Maker)

This butter bean and lentil soup is a healthy, hearty option that will warm you up from the inside out. Plus, it’s easy to make in a soup maker and doesn’t require any fancy ingredients.

Having a handy standby collection of tins in the cupboards is always useful. It means that you can put some of them together, with some stock, and make a filling and nutritious soup.

butter bean and lentil soup in a bowl next to the ninja soup maker

How To Make Butter Bean and Lentil Soup

When combined, cooked and blended, butter beans and lentils create a substantially thick soup. If you prefer a soup with a thinner consistency, you will need to reduce the amount of lentils and increase the stock slightly.

What You Need:

ingredients for butter bean and lentil soup

The quantities below fit a Ninja Soup Maker perfectly to create a thick and filling soup.

  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 400g tin butter beans, drained
  • 100g red split lentils, washed
  • 300g/400g passata
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 x vegetable stock pot + hot water up to the line
  • 1/2 tsp crushed red chillies (optional)

I have also previously made this recipe in a Morphy Richards Soup Maker; the only difference was I added an extra 20g of split red lentils as this model of soup maker is slightly larger.

butter bean and red lentil soup in Morphy Richards Soup Maker
Butter Bean and Red Lentil Soup in a Morphy Richards Soup Maker

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This recipe, like my other soup maker recipes, can be made in any soup maker model.

Making It:

If you have a soup maker with a saute function, you can optionally add a little oil or butter and gently fry the onions and garlic.

rinsed butter beans

Drain and rinse the butter beans and add them to the soup maker jug. Then, rinse the red lentils until the water runs clear before adding them to the soup maker.

ingredients for butter bean and lentil soup in a Ninja soup maker jug

Add the remaining ingredients, including the vegetable stock pot, and pour boiling water up to the maximum line of your soup maker.

Set the soup maker off on smooth.

At the end of the soup maker cycle, taste the soup and add some seasoning if required. Serve as it is or with some of your favourite soup toppings.

I hope you enjoyed this soup; let me know in the comments if you make it!

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09/27/2024 03:26 am GMT
butter bean and red lentil soup in Morphy Richards Soup Maker

Butter Bean and Lentil Soup

Yield: 4
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes

This butter bean and lentil soup is a healthy, hearty option that will warm you up from the inside out. Plus, it’s easy to make in a soup maker and doesn’t require any fancy ingredients.

Ingredients

  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 400g tin butter beans, drained
  • 100g red split lentils, washed
  • 300g/400g passata
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 x vegetable stock pot + hot water up to the line
  • 1/2 tsp crushed red chillies (optional)

Instructions

  1. Optional: Sauté onion & garlic in the soup maker in some oil or butter. 
  2. Switch off sauté and add all remaining ingredients. Make sure there is enough stock to prevent the lentils or passata from sticking to the base of the soup maker.
  3. Set off on smooth.
  4. Season if required according to taste.

Notes

Important: I have been told in the past that some people have experienced burning at the bottom of some soup maker models with certain recipes.

The common ingredients each time are lentils and passata (or tinned tomatoes). I haven’t had this issue, but I believe it is due to insufficient stock in the soup maker to prevent the ingredients from sticking to the bottom.
For this reason, I would suggest you always add a little oil to the base to start with, as well as make sure that there is enough stock, and mix everything before setting it off.

Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 165Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 173mgCarbohydrates: 31gFiber: 10gSugar: 5gProtein: 11g

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Val

Thursday 25th of July 2024

Made this today and it was delicious

Celia

Friday 27th of January 2023

I love butterbeans so this soup went down well. Loved it Sign up to more soup recipes. My husband would like me to make more 'chunky soups'so would love more of those,I also have your soup book, so some different ones would be good.i am slowly working my way through your soup recipe book. Tomorrow's soup is curried parsnip .

Cowboy

Friday 3rd of June 2022

Hi thanks for the recipe, one question do you drain the butter beans and rinse or just empty the can in?

Eileen McCarthy

Monday 18th of October 2021

Hi Love your soup maker recipes and am just about to make this one. Why do some recipes use crushed garlic and others sliced? Does one method improve the flavour more than the other?

Liana Green

Saturday 13th of November 2021

Hi Eileen - Thanks for your comment :) You can do either and I should probably add that to the recipe notes. Both work well but crushed garlic will release more flavour making the soup more garlicky.

Jan Ratcliffe

Monday 24th of May 2021

Thanks for inspiring me to dig out my soupmaker from the back of the cupboard! I've made this lovely soup several times and it's a family favourite - but how can I prevent the lentils from catching and burning? I always add the liquids first, any suggestions?

Liana Green

Tuesday 25th of May 2021

Hi Jan - I've never had a problem with the lentils burning - what model of soup maker are you using? It could be that you need more liquid, or have you tried spraying a little oil on the base of the soup maker beforehand? Are you rinsing the lentils too before adding them? Let me know how you get on or if you have any other questions!

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