Chicken and Red Lentil Soup

Ingredients

• 2 pieces chicken, bone-in or boneless
• 1 cup red split lentils
• 2 onions
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 carrots
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• Salt + black pepper
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• Water for boiling the chicken, with aromatics
• Olive oil
• Lentil Soup with Chard and Lemon

Method

1. Wash the chicken pieces well and boil them in plenty of water with all the aromatics: peppercorns, bay leaf, cardamom pods, star anise, nutmeg and cinnamon sticks.
2. Dice the onion and sauté it in a deep pot with 1 tablespoon of olive oil; add the crushed garlic.
3. When the onion and garlic soften, add the spice mix of turmeric, salt, black pepper, paprika and cumin.
4. Stir well until the onion absorbs the flavor of the spices.
5. Add the washed lentils and the carrots cut as desired, either slices or cubes.
6. Mix well then add the tomato paste and the chicken cooking liquid and let the mixture boil until the lentils and carrots are cooked.
7. Meanwhile remove the chicken from the bones, chop it and add it to the lentil soup.
8. Lentil soup with chard and lemon