Delicious soup of red lentil and bacon, warming and nourishing, with spices aroma and browned bacon slices adding a special and light taste of smoked food to the soup - that in our video recipe.
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✅ Ingredients:
• bacon - 7 oz | 200 g
• carrot - 6 oz | 160 g
• onion - 6 oz | 180 g
• large bell pepper - 10 oz | 300 g
• tomato paste - 2 tbsp
• dried paprika - 1 tbsp
• red lentil - 15 oz | 450 g
• water - 2 l
• 1 bay leaf
• salt - 1 tbsp
• ground black pepper - ½ tsp
• chili pepper - ¼ tsp
• vegetable oil - 1 tbsp
• fresh green onion - 2 tbsp
✅ You will need:
• carving board
• saucepan
• blender or potato masher
• bowl
📙 Preparation:
1. Cut the bacon, bulb onion, carrot and bell pepper into small pieces.
2. Heat a saucepan with 1 tbsp of vegetable oil and fry the bacon for 3 minutes over medium heat.
3. Take out the bacon and add the onion, carrot and bell pepper and fry for 3 minutes over medium heat.
4. Add the tomato paste, sweet paprika and keep frying for 2 minutes more over medium heat.
5. Add the lentil washed in cold water, salt, black pepper, bay leaf and water. Bring to a boil, cover with a lid and cook for 30 minutes over low heat.
6. Take out the bay leaf, add ¼ tsp of red chili pepper and switch off the heat.
7. Crush the soup with an immersion blender.
8. When serving sprinkle your red lentil soup with the fried bacon and green onion.
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