Ingredients:
Chicken breast, cut up or chicken from your roasted one that you made your stock from 🙂
1 c red lentils, rinsed
4 c homemade chicken broth or water
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
2 celery, chopped
Sea salt & fresh ground pepper
1 tbsp oregano
1 tbsp turmeric
Bay leaf
Parsley
Directions:
Sauté onion for about 3 min in the oil, add salt and pepper, add garlic for another minute or so
Add carrots, celery, sauté till soft about 5 min or so
Add chicken, oregano and turmeric
Add broth or water, bay leaf, bring to a boil, add lentils, then simmer for about 20 min until the lentils are soft
Adjust seasonings
Top with parsley
This is a basic chicken soup, you can use noodles or yams or rice in place of lentils, add some greens at end of cooking for added vitamins.
