Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Smoky Lentil Soup is for Soup.

Smoky Lentil Soup takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Smoky Lentil Soup takes 65 minutes to cook.

Smoky Lentil Soup makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Smoky Lentil Soup are:

3 thick-cut bacon slices
2 Tbs. olive oil
1 small yellow onion, diced
1 carrot, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice
1 celery stalk, cut into 1/4-inch dice
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 Tbs. tomato paste
1 tsp. smoked paprika
1/4 cup canned diced tomatoes, drained
3/4 cup Red Chief lentils, picked over and rinsed
4 cups chicken broth
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Here is how you make Smoky Lentil Soup:

Preheat a griddle or saut? pan over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook, stirring occasionally, until crisp, 5 to 6 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Chop the bacon coarsely. On heat, warm the olive oil. Add the onion, carrot, celery, garlic, tomato paste and paprika. Cover and cook until the vegetables just start to soften, about 25 minutes, opening the lid occasionally to stir. Add the tomatoes, lentils and broth. Cover and cook on high heat until the lentils are tender, 35 to 40 minutes. Using a immersion blender lightly puree some of the soup mixture. Season with salt and pepper. Serving Size: 4 servingsNumber of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BGOLIC.

The nutritional information for Smoky Lentil Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 192.8

• Total Fat: 10.3 g
• Cholesterol: 9.0 mg
• Sodium: 1,398.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 20.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6.1 g
• Protein: 8.2 g