Lentil soup with garlic and fried bread
Long-soaked and then cooked lentils, seasoned with garlic and fried bread, and finished with lemon juice. A simple and affordable soup.
This Catalan soup is a pantry staple recipe: it uses lentils, stale bread, garlic, and a squeeze of lemon. It’s a meat-free dish.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time15 min
- Cook time40 min
- Resting8 hr
- Total8 hr 55 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodSoaking followed by simmering
- Estimated cost$5.50 $1.38 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
Ingredients
people
- $4.63
- $0.03
- $0.42
- $0.18
- $0.11
- $0.13
Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- The day before, soak the lentils in cold water for 8 to 12 hours. Then, cook them in cold water without salt, over low heat.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan. Add the garlic and bread and fry until golden brown. Once cooked, crush everything together with the frying oil and lemon juice.
- Add this mixture to the lentils along with the salt. Cook for only 8 to 10 minutes, then serve as a soup.
The bill
Lentil soup with garlic and fried bread
- 500 g of dried lentils$4.63
- salt$0.03
- 1 slice of bread (100g) from the previous day$0.42
- 2 medium-sized garlic cloves$0.18
- Half a lemon, freshly squeezed and filtered$0.11
- 2 tablespoons of oil$0.13
Total$5.50
that's $1.38 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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