TRADITIONAL GREEK SPINACH AND LENTIL SOUP

This is a simple Greek soup made with lentils and spinach. It’s a lighter version of lentil soup but still filling, with the spinach adding a fresh flavor that works really well with the lentils.

It’s the kind of dish that comes together with basic ingredients and doesn’t need much to taste good. As it cooks, everything softens and blends together into a hearty but clean-tasting soup.

Like many Greek soups, it’s both comforting and nourishing, and it works just as well for a full meal as it does for something lighter. 

This is a super easy recipe.

Spinaki Me Faki

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Course: Soup

Cuisine: Greek

Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients

  

• ½ lb dried lentils washed
• 4 cups water
• 1 lb fresh spinach
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 bunch green onions
• 2 cloves garlic thinly sliced
• salt & pepper

Equipment

• Soup Pot

Method

 

1. Soak lentils in water for about an hour.
   ½ lb dried lentils
2. Drain and transfer to soup pot. Add 4 cups of water. Bring to a boil, lower heat, cover and cook until soft, about 30 minutes.
   4 cups water
3. As the lentils cook, wash the spinach, remove the course stems, and cut in half. Let drain in a colander. Also, prep the green onions and garlic.
   1 lb fresh spinach
4. Heat olive oil in a pan and sauté the green onion and garlic until soft. It may seem like a lot of oil, but we’re merely trying to flavor the oil here.
   1/4 cup olive oil, 1 bunch green onions, 2 cloves garlic thinly sliced
5. Add it to the cooked lentils. Oil and all, Also, add spinach and cook for about 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
   salt & pepper

And serve. That’s it! Have some nice bread to dip into this also. Enjoy!

OPA!