Spanish Lentil Soup With Chorizo

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 cups dry green lentils
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 cups water
• 1 medium potato, cut into chunks slightly bigger than bite size
• 2 -3 small chorizo sausages (mexican or spanish) or 2 -3 small linguica sausage (portuguese)
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 soak the lentils in cold water for an hour prior to cooking.
• 2 heat olive oil on low heat, add onion and garlic. sautée until onion begins to look translucent and garlic browns a little.
• 3 add water and lentils, bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. add potato.
• 4 add chorizo, in one inch slices.
• 5 cook until lentils get soft and expand and chorizo filling strains against natural casing, about 40-45 minutes.
• 6 serve warm with crusty bread.