Spicy Lentil And Bacon Soup (oamc)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 slices smoked bacon, roughly chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 leeks, cut into large chunks
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 2 teaspoons chili flakes
• 14 ounces red lentils, rinsed
• 6 cups vegetable broth
• 14 ounces coconut milk (or 1.5 cups)
• 1 lime, juice
• lime wedge
• fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 red chili pepper, sliced into thin strips, to serve

Recipe

• 1 heat a large pan and cook the bacon until golden. remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. heat the oil in the pan and gently cook the leeks and garlic for a few minutes until softened. stir in the chili flakes and lentils and toss together well for a few minutes.
• 2 pour in the broth and coconut milk and simmer for 15 minutes or until the lentils are cooked. remove from the heat and stir in the bacon.
• 3 to freeze:.
• 4 cool. ladle into freezer bags or containers, and freeze for up to 2 months.
• 5 defrost, then reheat thoroughly – add a splash of boiling water to loosen the mixture.
• 6 serve with lime wedges, and garnish with cilantro and fresh chili.