Lentil Soup. Evidence ranking
Best Lentil Soup
#1 among published recipes we could fairly measure. We use this ranking to build The GüdDish when the method is cook-validated.
Ranking verdict
Photo Finish
The top two recipes are close enough that more data could swap them. Either is a strong starting point.
#1 ranked recipe
cookieandkate.com
· top 2% of 417 analysed
4.90 from 3,915 ratings
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#1 published Lentil Soup by GüdScore (as of 2026-08-13): Best Lentil Soup from cookieandkate.com (of 417 rated recipes across 57 sites). Verdict: Photo Finish. That ranking is evidence for building The GüdDish.
Among published Lentil Soup recipes we could fairly measure, #1 is Best Lentil Soup from cookieandkate.com (417 rated recipes across 57 sites). GüdScore orders them by how far each outperforms its own publisher. That ranking is how we decide what to learn from when we build The GüdDish.
Why it ranked first
This recipe
4.90
cookieandkate.com avg
4.68
Ahead of its publisher by 0.21 stars. That gap, not the raw rating alone, drives the rank, because a 4.99 on a site where everything is 4.99 means little.
- 3,915 people rated it, enough that the score is not resting on a handful of opinions.
- That combination puts it in the top 2% of every Lentil Soup recipe we analysed.
Runner-up: Lentil Soup (recipetineats.com), ★ 4.95 from 954 ratings.
What this takes
4, 4 servings · 55 min total · 10 min prep · 16 ingredients · 7 steps
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 medium yellow or white onion, chopped
- 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, pressed or minced
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 large can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes, lightly drained
- 1 cup brown or green lentils, picked over and rinsed
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon salt, more to taste
- Pinch of red pepper flakes
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 cup chopped fresh collard greens or kale, tough ribs removed
- 1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice (½ to 1 medium lemon), to taste
The GüdDish · draft · cook QA in progress
GüdDish Lentil Soup
This is the lentil soup we cook at home when we want the best result without juggling ten tabs. We read the strongest recipes we could find, kept the ingredients and techniques that overlap again and again, and cut the rest. What is left is one combined method: the best of the best, easy to handle, easy to run, and built to come out right every time.
serves 4 to 6
65 min total
4 steps
Needs cook QA
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Full evidence ranking
Showing 10 of a 10-slot list for this dish’s pool of 417 scored recipes. First 10 clear the full CrowdScore floor (at least 15 ratings and 4.5+ stars), ordered by how far each beats its own publisher after we adjust for rating volume. Star ratings and counts are the publisher’s public evidence when present. Close places can still reverse with more data.
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1Best Lentil Soup4.90 from 3,915 ratings
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2Lentil Soup4.95 from 954 ratings
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3Lentil Soup4.92 from 372 ratings
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4Moroccan Lentil Soup4.97 from 159 ratings
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5Mediterranean Lentil Soup4.93 from 324 ratings
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6Vegan Red Lentil Soup With Coconut Milk5.00 from 100 ratings
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7The Best Lentil Soup4.88 from 154 ratings
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8Carrabba's Sausage and Lentil Soup4.82 from 125 ratings
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9Instant Pot Lentil Soup Recipe5.00 from 116 ratings
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10Lemony Lentil Soup4.90 from 358 ratings
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Major publishers (ratings not CrowdScore-verified)
Some major publishers show star totals without review-level data we can audit. Those aggregates never enter CrowdScore. They can still appear here as honest publisher claims or as method references. Below: top claims for this dish.
Behind the evidence
417Recipes rated
57Sites
16,464Ratings
Very highOrdering confidence
What enters GüdScore
We only put a recipe in GüdScore when we can check the evidence behind its rating at the review level. Sites that only publish closed aggregate stars, without recoverable reviews, stay outside that score rather than being quietly down-weighted. Where we can rebuild ratings from raw public reviews, we do that before a recipe competes. Full methodology: How GüdScore works.
FAQ
What is the best Lentil Soup recipe?
#1 published Lentil Soup by GüdScore (as of 2026-08-13): Best Lentil Soup from cookieandkate.com (of 417 rated recipes across 57 sites). Verdict: Photo Finish. That ranking is evidence for building The GüdDish.
How does GüdDish pick a winner?
We search the open web for methods, measure rated recipes with GüdScore (evidence engine), study ingredients and techniques that set the strongest ones apart, then build one GüdDish. GüdScore does not hand you a single best recipe alone. Details: https://guddish.com/method.html
What does the verdict mean?
The Rank verdict describes the published-recipe competition, not a grade for The GüdDish. Clear Winner means number one is well ahead. Close Contest, Photo Finish, and Split Decision mean the top recipes are hard to separate. Limited corpus means we analyzed fewer recipes than a mature dish.
Why are some big publishers missing from GüdScore?
GüdScore only includes ratings we can audit at the review level. Sites that only expose closed aggregate scores, without recoverable review data, stay outside that score. Their recipes may still inform technique. See How GüdDish works for the full rules.
How often is this updated?
This page’s data was last scored or re-synced on 2026-08-13.
The public Rank is the top 10. The rest of the scored pool lives in the JSON API, not on this page.