Easy Lentil Soup with spicy Mexican Chorizo, a quick meal that you can enjoy for lunch or dinner. It also includes vegetables.
I feel so blessed to be able to call my mom or one of my aunts in México to talk about food recipes. Just a couple of weeks ago, we were talking about how each one of us makes our Lentil Soup. My aunt says she adds pork meat cut into cubes, while my mom prefers to add bacon or sausages (hot dogs sausages). I prefer to add Chorizo. The vegetables are diverse.
Lentil Soup with Chorizo Recipe
My aunt and I love to add plantain into the soup. And she also adds spinach. My friend Nora, from the Blog “Gusta Usted”, adds fried plantains and cooked eggs. In the Mexican region of Yucatán Península, Lentil soup is a rich combination of pork meat, chorizo, and sausages with carrots and potatoes.
See, even though all of us are Mexicans, everyone has its very own particular way of cooking a lentil soup. So, next time you see a recipe for a Mexican Lentil soup thinks twice. There are so many versions of this soup to count.
And how do you make your lentil soup?
How to make Chorizo Lentil Soup
Directions
For the sauce:
- Place the tomatoes and garlic in a blender with a cup of the broth. Mix until smooth and set aside. (Please check the ingredients list below)
For the soup: 
- In a large pot, cook the chorizo over medium heat until well browned. (It will release some fat) About 8 minutes. Remove some of the excess fat from the pot leaving just one tablespoon.
- Add the carrots and onion; cook for about 5 minutes until soft.
- Stir in the tomato-garlic sauce and cook for about 8 more minutes.
- Now, is time to add the lentils, broth, and water. Bring to a boil for a couple of minutes and then reduce the heat to a simmer. Add the thyme and bay leave. Simmer for about 40 minutes or until lentils are tender.
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📖 Recipe
Lentil Soup with Chorizo
Ingredients
- 6 oz. Mexican Chorizo You can use bacon cut in small pieces
- 2 cups of brown lentils rinsed
- 3 to 4 plump tomatoes chopped
- 1 large onion chopped
- 3 medium carrots peeled and cut in small pieces
- 3 garlic cloves finely chopped
- 5 ½ cups of chicken broth
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 bay leave
- Salt and pepper to taste
- About 1 ½ cups of water
Instructions
For the sauce:
- Place the tomatoes and garlic in a blender with a cup of the broth. Mix until smooth and set aside.
For the soup:
- In a large pot, cook the chorizo over medium heat until well browned. (It will release some fat) About 8 minutes. Remove some of the excess fat from the pot leaving just one tablespoon.
- Add the carrots and onion; cook for about 5 minutes until soft.
- Stir in the tomato-garlic sauce and cook for about 8 more minutes.
- Now, is time to add the lentils, broth and water. Bring to a boil for a couple of minutes and then reduce the heat to a simmer. Add the thyme and bay leave. Simmer for about 40 minutes or until lentils are tender.
Oralia
This is so simple to make and so delicious. Chorizo comes in 8 oz. links here so I use a bit more than the recipe called for and I also ended up adding about 5-6 oz of tomato sauce at the end because things were looking drier than the time needed to get the lentils softer. All in all I simmered for closer to 90 minutes on a power burner set to medium simmer. I served it topped with crumbled queso fresco and cilantro and corn tortillas which was absolutely perfect. This is a keeper and will be a frequent flier 🙂
Catherine Rose Ballsrdo-Watson
I'm trying your recipe. It's on my stove cooking and it smells amazing 🤩💯
Marie Ferrante
Mely, I want to make this but what are matoes?
Mely Martínez
Hello Marie,
That was a typo for tomatoes, if you read further down the instructions, we are talking about tomatoes. Thank you for noticing. I just fixed that! Happy cooking!
Marie
Oops sorry, I did not realize! I made the soup today and it smells heavenly! Thanks for all your beautiful and delicious recipes! I love your book!
Jeff
Thanks for the great recipe! I was confused about one point though: should there be potatoes in the ingredient list/recipe (since they're listed in the description)?
Mely Martínez
Hello Jeff,
You can add 1 small potato diced. Add them at the same time when you add the carrots.
Mary
Hello-
Have you tried adding a couple of tbsp of vinegar to the pot of lentil soup? Something about vinegar brings a depth of flavor out of the lentils. Please let me know what you think.
Thank you for your website and all the work you do.
Best Regards-
Mary
mmartinez
Hello Mary,
I'll try it next time I make Lentil soup! Thanks for the tip!
Mary Silva
Hi! Thank U for this new way of making Lentejas! I have one I also learned over 20yrs ago. lentejas con garbanzo Soup! boil garbanzos till almost tender add lentil,onion,garlic,tomato,cilantro,chile jalapeno or poblano sliced in stripes and salt and pepper! try it its delicious!
Mely
Hola Silvia,
Thank for such a great recipe with lentils and chickpeas. It sounds mouth watering.
Saludos!
Ziho
Qué rico!
El chorizo le ha de dar un toque especial a la preparación ordinaria de las lentejas.
Gracias
J
My husband has been asking for me to make things with chorizo. I am sure he would love this!
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!
Have a great rest of your week!
Jackie