Lenny's Lentil Soup
"Use a smokey bacon for best flavor. If you prefer not to spoon off the bacon fat omit the olive oil."
photo by Bergy
- Ready In:
- 1hr 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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11
ingredients
directions
- Dice the onion and cook with the chopped bacon over medium low heat until the onion is soft and the bacon is lightly brown.
- spoon off excess bacon fat.
- Add the lentils, carrot, celery, salt, ground cloves, olive oil and water, bring to a simmer, cover and cook for 1 hour.
- Add the potato and simmer 25 minutes.
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Man this is good soup - I am glad because I doubled the recipe and will freeze in 2 serving containers. I Cooked the lentils alone in 6 cups water for 45 minutes, then added all the veggies with the bacon & onion pre fried. I added 900ml of Chicken stock, 1 tsp thyme & 1 tsp chili flakes. Just perfect. Thanks for posting Len
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