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Chicken Lentil Soup

October 6, 2015 by GG 11 Comments

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Chicken Lentil Soup is an easy recipe for a weeknight dinner. Our chicken and lentil soup recipe is made with chicken thighs and filled with fresh vegetables and lentils. Your family will love this updated version of the classic comfort food, homemade chicken soup!

Chicken Lentil Soup in bowl

Homemade Chicken Lentil Soup 

The seasons are a changing and there’s a cold front moving in. It’s time for homemade soup! Our lentil chicken soup is so easy to make you can even whip it up quickly after work.

Lentil Chicken Soup, made with chicken thighs, fresh vegetables and lentils is an updated version of the classic homemade chicken soup!

Making chicken soup with chicken thighs adds a deep rich depth of flavor to your soup.

Serve bowlfuls of chicken soup with lentils with a salad and some crusty bread and you’ll be all set! It doesn’t get much easier than that!

Not a fan of lentils? Make it with mini pasta, egg noodles or even rice in place of the lentils!

Time to warm up with a bowl of Chicken Lentil Soup, guaranteed to be your new favorite homemade chicken soup from scratch!

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Spoonful of Chicken Lentil Soup

Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips

  • Use boneless skinless chicken breasts in place of the chicken thighs
  • Add cauliflower florettes 
  • Substitute dried marjoram (my favorite!) for the dried basil

Ingredients you will need to make this recipe

  • skinless bone-in chicken thighs
  • dried basil
  • garlic powder
  • kosher salt
  • pepper
  • olive oil
  • carrots
  • onion
  • celery
  • chicken broth
  • red lentils
  • fresh dill

Chicken Lentil Soup

How to make chicken lentil soup

  • Season your chicken thighs then brown on both sides in heated oil in saucepot; reserve
  • Cook carrots, onion and celery until tender-crisp
  • Return chicken pieces and add chicken broth to saucepot and bring to a boil
  • Stir in your lentils and cook until lentils are tender and chicken is cooked through
  • Using a slotted spoon, remove the chicken thighs, shred the chicken meat, discrding bones, and return to saucepot along with fresh dill

Related Recipes 

With a chill in the air, you’ll be thankful for a pot of simmering homemade soup on the stovetop. Give these chicken soup recipes from scratch a try, you’ll be happy you did!

three bowls of soups

Left to Right: Avocado Lime Chicken Soup; Chicken Tortilla Soup; Escarole and White Bean Soup

The fresh clean flavors of garlic, fresh ginger and lime and the buttery creaminess of chunks of avocados come together to create Avocado Lime Chicken Soup, a new comfort soup favorite!

Chicken Tortilla Soup may have a long list of ingredients with some fresh vegetables but most are canned and already in your pantry, making it a quick and easy dump-dump recipe on a busy weeknight. Just saute an onion and red bell pepper with some seasonings, add the remaining (mostly) canned ingredients, garnish with the fried tortilla strips, sour cream and cilantro!

White Bean and Escarole Soup is a versatile recipe that can be either vegetarian, when prepared as is, or can be turned into a hearty chicken soup when replacing vegetable broth with chicken broth and adding shredded rotisserie chicken!





 

3.63 from 8 votes
Chicken Lentil Soup
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Chicken Lentil Soup
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 

Chicken Lentil Soup is an easy weeknight recipe, made with chicken thighs and bursting with vegetables and lentils, that will warm you up! Not a fan of lentils? Just substitute mini pasta, egg noodles or rice! Add a salad and you're all set!

Course: Soup
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chicken lentil soup, lentil soup with chicken
Servings: 4
Calories: 214 kcal
Author: Gwynn Galvin
Ingredients
  • 2 skinless bone-in chicken thighs (12 ounces)
  • 1/2 tsp. dried basil
  • 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper
  • 1 Tbs. olive oil
  • 2 carrots, peeled and chopped, 1 cup
  • 1 onion, chopped, 1 cup
  • 1 celery stalk, chopped, 1/2 cup
  • 5 cups chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup red lentils
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill
Instructions
  1. Season chicken on both sides with basil, garlic powder, kosher salt and pepper.
  2. Heat oil in saucepot over medium-high heat then brown chicken on both sides and reserve.

  3. Add carrots, onion and celery and cook until tender-crisp, stirring occasionally, about 7 minutes.

  4. Return chicken pieces and add broth to saucepot and bring to a boil.

  5. Stir in lentils and cook until lentils are tender and chicken is cooked through, 12-15 minutes.

  6. Using a slotted spoon or tongs, remove chicken pieces. Shred chicken and discard bones.

  7. Stir in shredded chicken and fresh dill.

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

Makes 6 cups.

Nutrition Facts
Chicken Lentil Soup
Amount Per Serving
Calories 214 Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Fat 7g11%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Cholesterol 48mg16%
Sodium 1267mg55%
Potassium 750mg21%
Carbohydrates 21g7%
Fiber 8g33%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 18g36%
Vitamin A 5322IU106%
Vitamin C 28mg34%
Calcium 71mg7%
Iron 4mg22%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

First Published: October 6, 2015… Last Updated: October 13, 2020

This recipe is featured on Meal Plan Monday and Weekend Potluck

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Comments

  1. Yol says

    May 31, 2020 at 12:11 am

    5 stars
    Hello,

    Chicken Lentil Soup.

    Thank you for this great recipe! Look forward to making this soup again.

    The other recipes on your site all look delicious; can’t wait to try these as well.

  2. GG says

    June 3, 2020 at 11:43 am

    Hi Yol, Thank you so much for your kind words. I’m so happy you enjoyed my Chicken Lentil Soup. It’s one of my favorite recipes too! Savor The Moments, Gwynn

  3. Yol says

    June 4, 2020 at 9:24 pm

    5 stars
    Dear Gwynn,

    Today I made your Chicken Lentil Soup recipe again. This recipe is now my go to.

    Thank you for this site and all your hard work in creating these recipes.

    Yol

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