Chef John's Black Lentil Soup
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 4 ounces bacon, chopped
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1 cup diced carrots
- 1 cup diced celery
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
- 1 ¼ cups black beluga lentils
- 5 cups chicken broth, or as needed
- 1 bay leaf
- ¼ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, divided
- 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil, or as needed
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Instructions
- Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir bacon in hot oil until browned and crisp, 5 to 7 minutes. Add onion, carrots, celery, and salt; cook and stir until onion is softened and translucent, about 10 minutes. Season with black pepper, cumin, thyme, and cayenne pepper.
- Pour lentils into bacon mixture and stir until completely coated in rendered bacon fat. Add chicken broth and bay leaf; bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low and cook, adding more chicken broth as needed, until lentils are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Season with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper to taste. Stir in 3 tablespoons parsley.
- Ladle soup into bowls, sprinkle remaining parsley over top, and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil.
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