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🍲 Quick Chicken Lentil Soup with Orange

445 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 small chicken breast fillets (200 g)
• 1 small carrot (75 g)
• 2 onions
• 1 garlic clove
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 100 g red lentils
• 2 oranges
• 500 ml vegetable broth
• 3 sprigs parsley
• 2 tsp garam masala
• salt
• pepper

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the chicken breast under cold water.
2. 2. Pat the meat dry with a kitchen towel.
3. 3. Cut the chicken meat into approx. 2 cm cubes.
4. 4. Wash the carrots thoroughly.
5. 5. Remove the ends and peel the carrots.
6. 6. Cut the carrots into very fine cubes.
7. 7. Peel the onions and garlic.
8. 8. Finely chop the onions and garlic.
9. 9. Heat the oil in a large pot.
10. 10. Sauté the onions and garlic in the hot oil over medium heat.
11. 11. Let the vegetables become translucent for about 3 minutes.
12. 12. Add the carrot cubes and chicken cubes to the pot.
13. 13. Sear the ingredients briefly.
14. 14. Add the red lentils to the pot.
15. 15. Sauté the lentils briefly while stirring.
16. 16. Squeeze the juice from approx. 1 orange (that is approx. 100 ml).
17. 17. Pour the broth and orange juice into the pot.
18. 18. Bring the soup to a boil.
19. 19. Let the soup simmer over medium heat for about 15 minutes.
20. 20. Peel the remaining orange.
21. 21. Remove the peel and the white pith completely.
22. 22. Carefully cut the flesh out of the membranes.
23. 23. Add the orange fillets to the soup 5 minutes before the end of the cooking time.
24. 24. Wash the parsley.
25. 25. Shake the parsley dry.
26. 26. Chop the parsley leaves.
27. 27. Season the soup with Garam Masala.
28. 28. Season the soup with salt and pepper to taste.
29. 29. Sprinkle the finished soup with the chopped parsley.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 445
• Protein: 38 g · Fett/Fat: 12 g · Carbs: 43 g