Lentil soup is delicious and a great dish to enhance with your favorite vegetables, meats, herbs, and spices. Besides, It's healthy and nutritious. To prepare lentils for cooking (pst..just follow the directions on the package for soaking them).
Work with lentils a few times and you will start to get a feel for the flavors you can use to enhance your soups. Dried and fresh herbs work very well in lentil soups, as do poultry and hearty root vegetables!!!
Ingredients
1 tomato diced
1/4 onion chopped
1 clove garlic chopped
1 galon chicken or vegetable broth
1/2 red pepper chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 kg lentils
2 jalapenos thinly sliced
3 drops tabasco sauce
2 sausages sliced
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Step by Step
1. Place the lentils in boiling water under high heat and bring to a boil, then lower the heat and cover the pot- leave for 30 to 45 min. DONT PEAK!
2. Take another pot and add the olive oil on low heat, place the onions until the onions turn translucent then add garlic, tomato, sausage, jalapeno, tabasco, red pepper and stir for about.. 5 to 7 minutes.
3. In a third pot (dont worry, they are all easy to wash!) Heat the chicken or vegetable broth until it starts boiling, then drop a little bit to the 2nd pot and stir for another 3 minutes.
4. Once the lentils are dry, you can go ahead and place all the chicken broth into the 2nd pot, then add the lentils and turn to high heat for about a minute or two season with salt and pepper if necessary and you are ready to go! (you might want to add your favorite cheese under your bowl hehe!)
5. Garnish with cilantro leaves :)
With love, from my kitchen to yours!
