Turkey and bacon soup
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
400g (14oz) can chopped tomatoes
400g (14oz) can green lentils, drained
125g (4.5oz) cooked turkey, shredded into bite size pieces
1 very small onion, finely chopped
4 rashers bacon, finely sliced
1 clove garlic, thinly sliced
1 carrot, finely diced
1 stick celery, finely diced
1 tbsp oil
750ml (27fl oz) vegetable stock
1 bay leaf
Crusty bread to serve
Method
- Heat the oil in a large pan, then add the onion and fry until soft.
- Add the bacon and continue frying for three minutes.
- Next add the garlic, carrot and celery, then fry for a further minute.
- Add the tomatoes, vegetable stock, bay leaf and lentils, simmer for 10 minutes.
- When the vegetables are cooked, discard the bay leaf, remove half the soup and liquidise to a smooth consistency.
- Return the liquidised soup to the pan.
- Stir in the cooked turkey and heat through, adjusting the consistency of the soup with more stock if necessary.
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