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Swiss Chard Chicken and Red Lentil Soup

 

Ingredients -

1 tablespoon Olive Oil
1 Small Onion, diced
1 Large Carrot, diced
2 Garlic Cloves, crushed
1 teaspoon Curry Powder
Salt
Pepper
2 Chicken Legs, bone in, skin removed
1 small handful of Fresh Thyme Sprigs
4 cups Water
1 small Bunch Swiss Chard, stems diced small, leaves roughlychopped (about 1/2 chopped leaves)
1/3 cup Red Lentils, rinsed
1/2 Lemon

 
Preparation:

1. Add the garlic, onion and carrot to a soup pot with the olive oil and heat over medium heat.

2. Add the curry powder and sweat for 5 minutes, stirring often.

3. Season both sides of the chicken breasts with salt and pepper.

4. Make a well in the middle of the vegetables in the pot and add the chicken and thyme.

5. Brown the chicken on both sides and stir the vegetables around to continue even cooking.

6. Add the 4 cups of water and bring to a simmer, cooking until the chicken is cooked through.

7. Remove the chicken to a plate and add the lentils to the pot with the Swiss chard stems.

8. Shred the chicken and add it back to the pot.

9. Simmer for another 10 minutes, add the remaining Swiss chard and simmer 10 additional minutes.

10. Taste for seasonings and add salt and pepper as needed.

11. Serve with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice over the top.

 

Soup Making Tips -
Cooking Lentils

To cook lentils, bring water or broth to a boil in a pot and add the lentils. Boil the lentils for 2 or 3 minutes and then reduce the heat to low and simmer. Brown and green lentils need to be cooked for approximately 45 minutes. Red and orange lentils need to be cooked for approximately 25 minutes.






 
 

 
   
 
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