Following the Latin tradition of eating lentil soup on January 1st (so you won’t lack food and prosperity during the rest of the year), we had my Winter French Lentil Soup as our first 2011 meal. However, today I was craving for my so comforting lentil soup with chorizo and here I go.
Since it was so chilly outside and The Three Magi will arrive pretty soon, I decided to celebrate the Epiphany with a recipe that brings memories of my Mother Land, and that I can cook with my eyes closed.
No need to say that in this lentil soup with Spanish chorizo, the flavor comes from the sofrito (chopped onion, garlic and red bell pepper, sautéed in olive oil) and the chorizo (Spanish, Portuguese, either smoked or not). It pairs perfect with red wine and for dessert, I would suggest flan, natilla or crema catalana.
I hope you enjoy it the same way I have enjoyed it all these years! Please don’t forget to subscribe to my Youtube channel.
Lentil Soup with Spanish Chorizo
Ingredients
- 2 Tbs. of olive oil
- 1 cup onion finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1 cup red bell pepper finely chopped
- 1 pound lentils, rinsed
- 10 cups water
- 1 cup Spanish chorizo, finely sliced
- 2 cups potatoes, diced
- coarse sea salt
- black pepper, freshly grounded
Instructions
- In a saucepan over medium heat, heat the olive oil and make a sofrito by sautéing the onions, garlic and red bell pepper, for 5 minutes.
- Add the lentils and stir. Add the water and bring to boil over high heat.
- Boil for 5 minutes and discard the foam.
- Add the chorizo and the potatoes and bring to boil.
- Once it boils, reduce the heat to medium, cover and cook for 12 minutes.
- Let rest for 20 minutes before serving.
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This seems like such a comforting meal. Thanks for the great post. I am going to try it out.
Thank you!
I love trying new recipes very much. This is my recipe to try on this week. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you so much Bindu…
I have a big bag of lentils in my cupboard and I was wondering what I should do with them. I’ll have to make some soup with them!
Oh yeah!
Wow! It looks perfect soup for us! Thanks for letting us know your amazing recipe. I really love this! ♥♥
Awwwww! Thank you Gladys!
Sure Chorizo added the more flavors to this lentil soup. Great during the cold winter days. Love lentil soup, but yet to try with chorizo.
Go ahead and you won’t regret!
You can tell from the pictures that this soup is very flavorful. My husband isn’t a fan of any soups, but I think this one might win him over.
Really flavorful and fulfilling!
Lentils are so healthily !! Add chorizo and it becomes super yummy
Yessssss!
Lentils are so healthy!! Add chorizo and it’s super yummy !!
Recently my husband and I have come to love lentil soup, but I’ve been just buying it premade. I might have to do this and see how we like it because this looks like a great recipe.
My dear, you have to give this a try! You’ll love it!
This is one of my favorite kinds of soup! looks and sounds absolutely delicious! i will certainly try this recipe thank you for sharing !
You’re more than welcome!
This looks really good. I didn’t know about the Spanish tradition of lentils on January 1st — I grew up with eating black-eyed peas, collard greens, and cornbread on January 1st. I might add this to the rotation!
Yes! My first year in Miami I had black-eyed peas!
I do love chorizo as well and living in Spain, I get plenty of it. My favorite is the uncooked one, the flavour is so much more intense. Your lentils soup sounds delicious and it’s perfect for winter.
Thank you Joanna!
I don’t eat meat, but I love lentil soup! I bet my husband would love this combination of flavors.
I have 3 other lentil soup recipes 100% plant-based. So here you’ll find options.
Lentil soup is my favorite too! In NJ, it’s definitely cold so I prefer soup in this weather. Plus adding spice is the best part.
Yessssssss!
I love lentils so for sure, I’d want to prepare lentil soup from that. The Spanish chorizo are new to me but they seem yummy; they are, right?
Yes, you’re right Dalene!
Yum, this looks so good! I’m glad you added meat to it too because combined with the lentils, that’s a great combination!
Thank you Kelsey!
OK now this sounds like it would taste absolutely amazing, I bet the chorizo adds a really nice kick of flavour when you bite into a piece!
It’s all about the amazing chorizo flavor!
This soup sounds delicious with some warm bead. How much water and lentils do you cook as it is not in the recipe.
Thank you Tara. I messed up with the ingredients and thanks to your comment I fixed them. 1 pound of lentils and 10 cups of water. Thank you so much.
I love lentils and this looks so good. I always make it as a curry but this soup has given me ideas. Also addition of chorizo is perfect.
Yessss! You’re absolutely right Joan!
That soup looks absolutely scrumptious. I usually make mine with hamhock (or spam), but I’ll have to try this chorizo version soon. I LOVE lentils. They’re the perfect protein and so comforting on a cold day.
I do really love lentils too Blanca. I have a version with bacon, another one with chorizo and chipotle, and one vegan. Thanks for visiting…
Las lentejas van muy bien con el chorizo, que rico.
Mundiales! I’m a lentil girl, you know…
Love lentils, they are a must in my home menu. I love this Spanish preparation!
Thank you Ale! I’m a lentil person too!
This is one of my all-time favorite soups!
Mine too!