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Lentil & bacon soup
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Lentil & bacon soup

10 ingredients 5 min + 30 min Serves 3 openrecipes
Lentil & bacon soup

Blend your storecupboard pulses with cumin, turmeric and garlic to create this robust soup with crispy pancetta topping

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

324
Calories
12g
Protein
15g
Fat
39g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Lentil 1/2 cup cooked (99g) 115
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion , diced
  • 2 x 70g packs pancetta cubes
  • 1 carrot (about 120g), finely diced
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • ½ tsp turmeric
  • 2 garlic cloves , finely chopped
  • 1 chilli , sliced
  • 2 low-salt stock cubes
  • 250g red lentils , rinsed

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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