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Ingredients

• ✓ black beluga lentil
• vegetable oil
• bacon
• onion
• carrot
• celery
• salt
• black pepper
• cumin
• thyme
• cayenne pepper
• chicken broth
• bay leaf
• flat-leaf parsley
• olive oil

Instructions

1. 1 Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir bacon in hot oil until browned and crisp, 5 to 7 minutes. Add onion, carrots, celery, and salt; cook and stir until onion is softened and translucent, about 10 minutes. Season with black pepper, cumin, thyme, and cayenne pepper.
2. 2 Pour lentils into bacon mixture and stir until completely coated in rendered bacon fat. Add chicken broth and bay leaf; bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low and cook, adding more chicken broth as needed, until lentils are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
3. 3 Season with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper to taste. Stir in 3 tablespoons parsley.
4. 4 Ladle soup into bowls, sprinkle remaining parsley over top, and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil.

By John Mitzewich