Creamy Chicken and Lentil Soup with Ciabatta

Creamy Chicken and Lentil Soup with Ciabatta

Ready in 35 minutes • Serves 4-5
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (3 Nights For 4) on Sunday, September 4, 2016.
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Ingredients

CREAMY CHICKEN AND LENTIL SOUP

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 brown onion, finely diced
  • 1 carrot, peeled and finely diced or grated
  • 3 stalks celery, finely diced
  • 1 leek, white and pale green part only, thinly sliced
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika garlic spice mix
  • 650g chicken thighs
  • 1–2 tablespoons picked thyme leaves, roughly chopped
  • 1/2 cup red lentils
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup sour cream

SMOKY SOUR CREAM

  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika garlic spice mix

TO SERVE

  • 1 ciabatta loaf

Steps

  1. oven to 200°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper.
  2. Heat butter in a large pot on medium heat. Cook onion, carrot, celery, leek and first measure of smoked paprika garlic spice mix, stirring, for 4–5 minutes, until vegetables are almost tender.
  3. Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season with salt. Add to pot with thyme, lentils, stock, water, Worcestershire sauce and salt. Increase heat to high and bring to a simmer while stirring. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer gently for about 15 minutes until chicken is just cooked through.
  4. When soup has 5 minutes cook time remaining, warm ciabatta. Place ciabatta loaf on prepared oven tray and bake for about 5 minutes, until warmed through. Slice thickly.
  5. In a small bowl, mix all smoky sour cream ingredients together and set aside.
  6. Using a slotted spoon or tongs, remove chicken from soup, roughly dice then return to pot. Stir in remaining sour cream and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  7. Ladle creamy chicken and lentil soup into bowls and top with a dollop of smoky sour cream. Serve ciabatta slices on the side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2873 kj
687 kcal
Protein 40.6g
Carbohydrate 56.3g
Fat 32.3g