Lentil Soup With Grilled Chicken(or W/o Chicken)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup red lentil
• 2 tablespoons virgin olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 -2 carrot, finely chopped
• 1 -2 celery rib, finely chipped
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 large tomatoes, halved chopped (seeds removed)
• 6 cups low-sodium low-fat chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 large bay leaf and 2 small bay leaf (ves)
• 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 cup buttermilk (optional)
• salt and pepper
• freshly grated parmesan cheese
• balsamic vinegar

Recipe

• 1 marinate chicken breasts in buttermilk for at least 60 minutes for a moist flavourful chicken(optional) prior to grilling chicken brush with oil flavoured with garlic.
• 2 wash lentils in cold water drain and pick out discoloured ones.
• 3 heat the oil and saute onion carrot, celery until tender. then add tomatoes, and garlic and saute a bit longer.
• 4 add lentils, stock, tomato paste and marjorum.
• 5 bring soup to a simmer for about 20 minutes.
• 6 skim off foam as lentils cook.
• 7 as soup cooks, grill chicken tenders or skinless/boneless breasts.
• 8 when ready, ladle soup into bowls, slice chicken and fan out on top of soup.
• 9 parmesan and balsamic are for guest to sprinkle on the soup to their taste and really do add to the flavour of this soup.