Authentic home cooking from Chile, with US measurements.

Originally published on Cookpad Chile as SOPA DE LENTEJAS CON ACELGAS. VEGANA

Lentil and Swiss Chard Soup (Vegan)

Name: Lentil and Swiss Chard Soup (Vegan)
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: Serves 5 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 3/4 cup onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1/2 cup red bell pepper, diced; 1/2 cup carrot, diced; 1 cup pumpkin or butternut squash, diced; 1 cup corn kernels; 1 tablespoon fresh oregano, chopped; 6 1/3 cups water (1.5 liters); 1/4 cup tomato sauce; 1 1/4 teaspoons salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper; 10 ounces dried lentils, rinsed (284 grams); 3 cups Swiss chard, chopped

Jon Michelena @jonmichelena

Estados Unidos

Today I have to go out, so I made this soup early to use up the leftover Swiss chard from the Charquicán I made yesterday. I saved the chard stems to fry them later, which are also called 'false pejerreyes.'

Jon Michelena @jonmichelena

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Ingredients

20 minutes prep, 25 minutes cooking

Serves 5 servings

2 tablespoonsolive oil
3/4 cuponion, diced
2 clovesgarlic, minced
1/2 cupred bell pepper, diced
1/2 cupcarrot, diced
1 cuppumpkin or butternut squash, diced
1 cupcorn kernels
1 tablespoonfresh oregano, chopped
6 1/3 cupswater (1.5 liters)
1/4 cuptomato sauce
1 1/4 teaspoonssalt
1/4 teaspoonground black pepper
10 ouncesdried lentils, rinsed (284 grams)
3 cupsSwiss chard, chopped

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Steps

20 minutes prep, 25 minutes cooking

1

Heat the olive oil in a pot and sauté the garlic with the onion until the onion looks translucent. Add and sauté the bell pepper, carrot, squash, and oregano.
2

Add the corn, water, tomato sauce, salt, pepper, and lentils. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce the heat, and simmer for about 20 minutes until the lentils are cooked.
3

Stir in the Swiss chard and cook for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the soup rest for a few minutes before serving.

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Jon Michelena @jonmichelena

Published in the US on August 12, 2025 16:08

Estados Unidos

Soy chileno, jubilado, radicado en New York, Estados Unidos.Me encanta la cocina, crear recetas, sacarles fotos y las pongo en mi blog.Me gusta caminar, trotar y jugar tenis. Me encanta la vida al aire libre.Los invito a ver y subscribirse a mi canal de You Tube. Recetas paso a paso.https://www.youtube.com/@JonMichelena1www.lacocinadelpollo.blogspot.comhttps://www.instagram.com/pollojon28/https://www.pinterest.cl/michelena8https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1393387020

Keywords

Soup Onion Corn Lentil Red Bell Pepper Pepper Pumpkin Tomato Sauce Chard Carrot Butternut Garlic

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