Middle Eastern · Dinner
Creamy Red Lentil Chicken Soup
Chicken Shorba Adas
Levantine red lentil soup simmered with shredded chicken, cumin, and turmeric, finished with brown butter, crispy pita croutons, and a fresh lemon squeeze.
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8 minsPrep
22 minsCook
30 minsTotal
EasyLevel
Nutrition per serving
520Calories
38gProtein
18gFat
48gCarbs
7gSugar
8gFiber
680mgSodium
95mgChol
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Instructions
1
Prep
Dice onion and carrot finely. Grate garlic. Rinse red lentils until water runs clear. Tear pita into 2cm pieces. Chop parsley. Have all spices measured and ready.
2
Bake
Heat oven to 200C. Toss pita pieces with 2 tsp oil, spread on a tray, bake 8 minutes until deep golden and crisp. Set aside.
3
Sear
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a 24cm saucepan over medium-high for 1 minute. Sear chicken thighs 3 minutes per side until lightly golden. Transfer to a plate.
4
Build
Lower heat to medium, add onion and carrot, cook 5 minutes until softened. Stir in garlic, cumin, turmeric, Aleppo pepper, and coriander; toast 30 seconds. Add tomato paste, cook 1 minute until fragrant.
5
Simmer
Return chicken to pan, add rinsed lentils and 1000ml hot water with salt. Bring to a boil, cover, lower to medium-low, simmer 20 minutes until lentils break down and chicken is cooked through. Shred chicken with two forks, return to soup, stir to thicken.
6
Finish
Heat butter in a small pan over medium for 90 seconds until foaming and nutty brown. Stir in 0.5 tsp cumin off the heat.
7
Plate
Ladle shorba into bowls, drizzle spiced brown butter across the surface, scatter crisp pita croutons and parsley on top, serve lemon wedges alongside.
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Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 360g (12.7 oz) boneless chicken thigh
- 30ml (2 tbsp) extra-virgin olive oil
- 200g (7.1 oz) yellow onion
- 200g (7.1 oz) carrot
- 8 garlic cloves
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 0.5 tsp Aleppo pepper
- 0.5 tsp ground coriander
- 2 tsp tomato paste
- 200g (7.1 oz) red lentils
- 1000ml (4 1/4 cup) hot water
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- 60g (2 oz) pita bread
- 20g (0.7 oz) butter
- 20g (small handful) flat-leaf parsley
- 2 lemon wedges