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    Home » Recipes » Soup » Chicken Lentil Soup

    Chicken Lentil Soup

    Published: Oct 6, 2015 Modified: Oct 13, 2020 by GG

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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!

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    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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    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

    Chicken Soup Recipes

    • Creamy Chicken Soup
    • Avocado Lime Chicken Soup
    • Chicken Orzo Soup
    • Hearty Chipotle Chicken Soup from Bowl Me Over
    • Spicy Asian Chicken Soup from Grumpy's Honeybunch

    Homemade Soup 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!

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    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!





     

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    Chicken Lentil Soup

    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
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes
    Total Time 40 minutes
    Servings 4
    Calories 214kcal
    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

    • Season chicken on both sides with basil, garlic powder, kosher salt and pepper.
    • Heat oil in saucepot over medium-high heat then brown chicken on both sides and reserve.
    • Add carrots, onion and celery and cook until tender-crisp, stirring occasionally, about 7 minutes.
    • Return chicken pieces and add broth to saucepot and bring to a boil.
    • Stir in lentils and cook until lentils are tender and chicken is cooked through, 12-15 minutes.
    • Using a slotted spoon or tongs, remove chicken pieces. Shred chicken and discard bones.
    • Stir in shredded chicken and fresh dill.

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    Notes

    Makes 6 cups.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 214kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 1267mg | Potassium: 750mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 5322IU | Vitamin C: 28mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 4mg

    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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    About GG

    Gwynn Galvin, known to many as GG, is the creative and talented chef and nutritionist behind Swirls of Flavor. Gwynn is an award-winning culinary professional with over twenty five years of recipe development, food styling, test kitchen management and culinary innovation experience. Gwynn's passion is gathering people around the table with her simple real food recipes to savor the moments together.

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    1. Yol

      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

      June 03, 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

      June 04, 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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