Easy Lentil Soup Recipe With Bacon
Add onion and carrots cook 5 minutes.
Easy lentil soup recipe with bacon. Cook until bacon is crispy 5 to 10 minutes. Leave the bacon drippings in the pot. Once it s hot add the pancetta or bacon and start to brown and crisp the bacon in a splash of olive oil.
Add the sweet potato garlic and lentils to the bacon and vegetables. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan. Dice turnip and add to pan of water.
Drain on paper towels and set aside. Boil for 10 minutes while preparing the rest of the veg. Boil for 10 minutes.
In a large saucepan heat the oil and fry the chopped bacon until the fat runs. Cook on a low to medium heat for 10 minutes or until the onions are soft. Add the bacon cumin and parsley.
While the bacon is cooking use that time to chop your vegetables. Flash fry bacon lardons in a frying pan to remove excess fat. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside to use as a garnish on top of the soup later.
Then add the remaining vegetables and lentils and stir around for a further minute. Remove the bacon and set aside. Chop onions and slice carrots and add to pan.