Lentils and Bacon Soup
Lentils and Bacon Soup

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, lentils and bacon soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Chockfull of vegetables and bacon, this lentil soup is a hearty and healthy meal unto itself. What you'll need to make French Lentil soup. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lentils and bacon soup using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lentils and Bacon Soup:
  1. Take 150 grams Dried lentil beans
  2. Make ready 1 Onion
  3. Prepare 1 Tomato
  4. Prepare 1 clove Garlic
  5. Make ready 1 1/2 cm Fresh ginger
  6. Get 1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper (optional)
  7. Get 1 heaping teaspoon Coriander powder
  8. Take 1/2 Vegetable or chicken stock
  9. Prepare 3 lashers Bacon
  10. Make ready 1 to garnish Daikon radish sprouts (optional)
  11. Make ready 1 squeeze Lemon
  12. Prepare 1 Salt
  13. Get 1 refer to the step Water

Stir for a minute, then pour over the just-boiled stock and add the herbs. Put the olive oil in a large saucepan set over a low-medium heat and add the bacon, onion, carrot and celery. In this video recipe I show you how to make delicious lentil and bacon soup. It uses simple ingredients and techniques, and the soup is very nutritious and.

Steps to make Lentils and Bacon Soup:
  1. Finely chop the tomato, onion, garlic, and ginger. Soak 150 g of lentils in 400 ml of water in a heatproof dish.
  2. Heat oil in a frying pan and stir-fry the garlic and ginger. Microwave the lentils for 15 minutes.
  3. Add the onions and stir-fry for 3 minutes until the color becomes like this.
  4. Add the chopped tomatoes, cayenne pepper and coriander. Mix well. If you stir over heat, it becomes thick and sticky.
  5. Slice the bacon into strips and fry without oil (use oil rendered from the bacon) until crisp.
  6. Remove the lentils from the microwave. It's cooked if it's soft like mashed potatoes.
  7. Add lentils with the water to the paste made in Step 4. Add water (not listed) until 4 to 5 cm above the surface, and mix well.
  8. If you mix well, the result will be a slightly thick soup. If it's too dense, dilute with water.
  9. Add a modest amount of soup stock and 4/3 of the bacon. Simmer over a low heat for 5 to 10 minutes. Adjust the taste by adding salt.
  10. Top with the remaining bacon and lemon, and enjoy. Squeeze some lemon juice before serving.
  11. It goes well with rice, naan, and bread. You could mix in a portion of rice into the curry and let the flavors meld.

In a saucepan, brown the bacon. Remove the bacon and set aside. Add lentils, chicken broth and bay leaf. Add the bacon, cumin and parsley. A warming soup for the colder weather.

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