Chicken soup with lentils

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   We prepare the ingredients necessary for making soup. Vegetables are washed and cleaned, lentils are sorted and mine. For this soup, I take green lentils, it is also called plate. I don't soak it beforehand. I put chicken drumsticks in a saucepan with water, put them on fire and bring them to a boil. I remove the foam that has appeared, add a little water and add lentils, bring it to a boil again and remove the foam. Now I cook for 1 hour on low heat with the lid closed.

2. Step 2:

   

   While the chicken and lentils are cooking, cut the carrots into thin cubes and pass it in a frying pan with a small amount of vegetable oil.

4. Step 3:

   

   When the chicken is ready, we take it out and put it in a separate bowl. I don't like to leave meat or chicken in the first dish that is being prepared, I always add them to the plate before serving. At the same time, I always weigh the finished meat or chicken and take into account the weight when calculating the calorie content of the dish. Now you need to make sure that the lentils are almost cooked, add potatoes and carrots cut into cubes to it, add salt, and cook on low heat for another 10 minutes.

5. Step 4:

   

   It remains to add turmeric, cook the soup for another 10 minutes and add the bay leaf. With a bay leaf, the soup boils slowly for only 5 minutes, turn off the stove, cover the pan with a lid and give the soup time to brew a little! When serving soup, do not forget to put sour cream on the table so that you can add it to the soup. Enjoy your meal!