Mung Bean Soup with Bacon
A healthy and tasty soup. More about mung beans can be found here: wikipedia.org/wiki/Mung_bean. Substitution with lentils is allowed, however, this will change the taste of the dish. The volume of ingredients is calculated for a four-liter pot.
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
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- Recipe difficulty
- 3 / 5
Ingredients
Recipe scale: 1x
- chicken fillet 500 g
- mung bean 150 g
- bacon 200 g
- tomatoes 300 g
- onion 150 g
- carrot 150 g
- garlic clove 2-3 clove
- salt
- pepper
- vegetable oil
Instructions
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Cut the chicken fillet into small pieces.
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Finely chop the onion.
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Grate the carrot using a medium grater.
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Cut the tomatoes into small pieces.
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Rinse the mung beans under cold water.
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Cover the chicken fillet with water and bring to a boil.
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Add the mung beans, salt, and pepper. Cook for 30 minutes.
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Sauté the onion in vegetable oil.
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Add the carrot to the onion and sauté.
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Add the tomatoes and sauté slightly.
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Add the onion, carrot, and tomatoes to the fillet with mung beans. Cook for 5–7 minutes.
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Add garlic pressed through a garlic press. Add more salt if necessary.
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Place the bacon in a dry frying pan and fry.
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Flip and fry on the other side.
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Transfer to napkins or a paper towel to remove excess fat.
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Slice the bacon.
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Pour the soup into bowls, add the bacon and sprinkle with herbs.