Dig into a steaming bowl of healthy comfort food with this recipe for Curried Chicken Lentil Soup. Packed with protein from lentils and chicken, this flavorful soup is also loaded with leafy greens. Top it off with crunchy peanuts, cilantro and fresh lime.
Ingredients
2tablespoonsghee,olive oil, or coconut oil
1small white or yellow onion,quartered
3large garlic cloves
1(2-inch)knob fresh ginger
2serranos,divided
Morton kosher salt
2tablespoonscurry powder
4cupslow-sodium chicken broth
1cupred lentils, rinsed
1(13.5-ounce)can coconut milk
12ounceschopped cooked chicken*(3 cups)
5ouncesdark leafy green such as baby kale,spinach or arugula, roughly chopped (8 cups)
1lime,zested and juiced
Cilantro
Dry-roasted and salted peanuts
Instructions
Combine onion, garlic, ginger, and 1 seeded serrano to a food processor. Pulse until everything is minced.
Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high. Add onion mixture and ½ teaspoon salt; cook until vegetables start to brown, about 8 minutes. Stir in curry powder and cook 1 minute.
Add broth and lentils, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until lentils are tender, about 15 minutes.
Stir in coconut milk and chicken until heated through. Stir in greens, cook until wilted, then stir in 2 tablespoons lime juice. Serve soup with lime zest, serranos, scallions, and peanuts.
Notes
Chicken: two small boneless skinless chicken breasts will yield about 12 ounces shredded cooked chicken. You can also use shredded rotisserie chicken (my favorite weeknight dinner hack).This recipe is adapted from a soup recipe by Cuisine at Home Magazine.