Lentils and Bacon Soup
Lentils and Bacon Soup

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have lentils and bacon soup using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lentils and Bacon Soup:
  1. Prepare 150 grams Dried lentil beans
  2. Take 1 Onion
  3. Prepare 1 Tomato
  4. Make ready 1 clove Garlic
  5. Get 1 1/2 cm Fresh ginger
  6. Prepare 1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper (optional)
  7. Prepare 1 heaping teaspoon Coriander powder
  8. Make ready 1/2 Vegetable or chicken stock
  9. Prepare 3 lashers Bacon
  10. Get 1 to garnish Daikon radish sprouts (optional)
  11. Get 1 squeeze Lemon
  12. Get 1 Salt
  13. Get 1 refer to the step Water

Rinse lentils well under cold running water. Drain and transfer to a slow cooker. Pour in water until water level is twice as high as lentils. Add bay leaf and set slow cooker to High.

Instructions to make Lentils and Bacon Soup:
  1. Finely chop the tomato, onion, garlic, and ginger. Soak 150 g of lentils in 400 ml of water in a heatproof dish.
  2. Heat oil in a frying pan and stir-fry the garlic and ginger. Microwave the lentils for 15 minutes.
  3. Add the onions and stir-fry for 3 minutes until the color becomes like this.
  4. Add the chopped tomatoes, cayenne pepper and coriander. Mix well. If you stir over heat, it becomes thick and sticky.
  5. Slice the bacon into strips and fry without oil (use oil rendered from the bacon) until crisp.
  6. Remove the lentils from the microwave. It's cooked if it's soft like mashed potatoes.
  7. Add lentils with the water to the paste made in Step 4. Add water (not listed) until 4 to 5 cm above the surface, and mix well.
  8. If you mix well, the result will be a slightly thick soup. If it's too dense, dilute with water.
  9. Add a modest amount of soup stock and 4/3 of the bacon. Simmer over a low heat for 5 to 10 minutes. Adjust the taste by adding salt.
  10. Top with the remaining bacon and lemon, and enjoy. Squeeze some lemon juice before serving.
  11. It goes well with rice, naan, and bread. You could mix in a portion of rice into the curry and let the flavors meld.

Pour in water until water level is twice as high as lentils. Add bay leaf and set slow cooker to High. In a saucepan, brown the bacon. Remove the bacon and set aside. Add lentils, chicken broth and bay leaf.

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