Lentil soup with chicken
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken breast;
- salt - to taste;
- 3 liters of water;
- 2 onions;
- 1 dried bay leaf;
- 500 grams of red lentils;
- 2 tablespoons butter;
- 2 medium carrots;
- 1 medium tomato;
- 3-4 cloves of garlic;
- ground chili - to taste;
- seasoning for chicken - to taste;
- a handful of any crackers.
Cooking
Boil the breast in salted water with the addition of 1 onion and bay leaf until ready. It takes about 30 minutes. Take out the chicken and remove the onion and laurel. Put the lentils in the broth, bring to a boil and cook on medium heat for 15–20 minutes.
In the meantime, melt the butter in a pan and put the raw onion, carrot, tomato and garlic, cut into medium pieces. Salt and cook under a lid for 10 minutes. Remove the lid, add chili and chicken seasoning and fry for another 5 minutes.
Put the zazharku in a pan with lentils. Season with salt, stir and boil for a couple of minutes. Season the soup with a blender and serve with chicken breast pieces and crackers.
