Carol Tapp's budget-busting soup

Lentil chicken and vegetable soup
Average rating: 4 out of 5 star rating

Carol Tapp's soup is cheap and you can make up a big batch to warm up when you want it - delicious and good for you!

  • Cooking time: 1 hr

    and 30mins

  • Serves: 4+

  • Skill level: Easy peasy

  • Costs: Cheap as chips

Ingredients

  • Bones of one leftover roast chicken
  • 500g mixed lentils
  • 1 x tin of condensed tomato soup
  • Salt and pepper to season

Mixed vegetables:

  • 1 carrot, finely chopped
  • 1 stick of celery, finely chopped
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 leek, finely chopped
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Method

  1. Soak a bag of mixed lentils overnight. The next day sieve and put to one side.
  2. After your roast chicken dinner don't discard the bones - put them in an extra large pan, cover with water, boil, then simmer for about an hour until you have a stock.
  3. Take the bones out of the stock then add in the lentils and mixed vegetables - simmer until veg is cooked.
  4. Put the soup (which should not resemble a thick broth) into tin foil containers and cool. Cover and freeze.
  5. When you need it, defrost and add condensed tomato soup with a touch of salt and pepper then re-heat.
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Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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