5 smoky lentil soup Recipes

olive oil, bacon, onion, chopped, garlic cloves, minced, cumin (i use less ), hot red chili pepper flakes (i use a pinch of chipotle powder), red lentils, rinsed & picked over, chicken stock, salt & pepper, fresh parsley, chopped

dry lentils, rinsed, smoked ham, diced, water, ham soup base or 3 ham bouillon cubes, celery, diced, onion, diced, carrot, diced, cider vinegar, worcestershire sauce, oregano flakes, salt, ground black pepper, tabasco sauce , a few drops (optional), liquid smoke , a few drops (optional)

olive oil, for sauteing (about 2 tbsp.), onions, chopped, garlic cloves, minced, stalks celery, chopped, dried oregano, cumin, dried parsley, pepper (or to taste), bacon bits, dried lentils, vegetable broth, water (or more broth), tabasco chipotle pepper sauce (or to taste), salt, liquid smoke (or to taste)

ground beef (grass-fed or free-range), olive oil, onions, finely diced or 3 tbsp dried onion flakes, garlic cloves, peeled and pressed or 1 tsp garlic powder, green peppers, finely diced or 2 tbsp green peppers, dried, chili powder, ground cumin, smoked paprika, ground chipotle chile pepper (or more to your taste ), instant chicken-flavored broth (like not-chickn, a chicken-flavored vegan bouillon, 1/2 cube per 1 cup water), carrot , julienne (if using prepackaged, chop them to about 1 inch long), diced tomatoes with juice or 2 fresh tomatoes, coarsely chopped, roasted red peppers, drained and chopped, tomato paste, lentils, french (puy, small greenish-brown lentils, which hold up well when cooked), sea salt, zucchini, coarsely chopped, dry linguine, broken into 2 inch pieces (about 1 1/2 cups when broken)