Canadian Lentil Soup

Name: Canadian Lentil Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: 300g red lentils, rinsed; 150g smoked bacon, diced; 2 carrots, diced; 2 stalks celery, diced; 1 large onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1.5L chicken stock; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tsp cumin; 1 tsp thyme; salt and pepper to taste; crusty bread to serve

A hearty Prairie-style red lentil soup with bacon and root vegetables. Blending only part of the soup rather than all of it keeps some texture from the vegetables while still giving the broth body.

Total time

40 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Canadian

Ingredients

300gred lentils, rinsed

150gsmoked bacon, diced

2carrots, diced

2 stalkscelery, diced

1large onion, diced

3 clovesgarlic, minced

1.5Lchicken stock

2 tbsptomato paste

1 tspcumin

1 tspthyme

salt and pepperto taste

crusty breadto serve

Instructions

Cook bacon until crispy. Add onion, carrot and celery.

Add garlic, cumin and thyme.

Add lentils, stock and tomato paste. Simmer 25 minutes.

Blend partially.

Season and serve with crusty bread.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

141

Protein

10.3g

Fat

Carbs

25.2g

Fiber

8.1g

Sodium

1470mg

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