Our Halloween sopa! This soup is perfect for the brisk Autumn weather! I got it from the Joy of Cooking, and just doctored it up a little. I love to make a giant pot of it and then portion it out for lunch each day for the week. I swear it gets better the longer it sits and melds together! By the last day it's DIVINE!!!
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| Joy of Cooking for Halloween! |
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp. olive oil
- 3 medium carrots, peeled and diced
- 3 medium celery ribs, diced
- 1 lg onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 slices of bacon, diced (I buy the applewood smoked bacon pieces from Trader Joes)
- 2 cups dired lentils, rinsed
- 14 1/2 ounce can diced tomatoes, drained
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- 8 cups water
- 1 1/2 tsp. balsamic vinegar
- 2 tsp. salt (only use 1 tsp. if your using bacon)
- 1 tsp. black pepper
- 1 lg potato, peeled and diced
- 6 ounces smoke chorizo or kielbasa, sliced
- addition 1/2 cup water if adding sausage
- 1 sweet potato, peeled and diced
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| This bacon from Trader Joe's adds the BEST flavor! |
Preparation
- Chop and dice all your veggies and whatnot
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| Yin-Yang Carrots and Celery! |
2. Add and cook, stirring, until the veggies are tender but not browned (5-10 min) carrots, celery,onion,garlic, and bacon.
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| This part smell DELISH! |
3. Stir in lentils, tomatoes, thyme, and 8 cups of water
4. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer until the lentils are tender, 30 to 45 minutes
5. After the lentils have been cooking for 30 min, add the potato and sweet potato
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Drinking Sierra Nevada Torpedo helps in the cooking process!
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Mom totally agrees!
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6. After the potatoes have been cooking for 10 min. add the chorizo or kielbasa and the additional 1/2 cup of water.
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| Kielbasa! |
7. Simmer until the potatoes are tender and the sausage is just heated through, about 5 minutes!
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| YUM! |
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
