Sunday, June 05, 2011

Italian Lentil Soup with Zucchini Chips


Italian food is one of my favorite. I love trying recipes which has cheese, meat and pasta. One day I was walking  by a store called World Market and just hopped in to check what they carry. I heard about this store from one of my friends and did wanna go some day. I found that the store carried many Italian foods and I got his soup mix to try and did like it very much.

Ingredients:
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Soup:
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1 package Italian Lentil Soup Mix
1 tsp Lemon Pepper (optional)
Water as needed


Zucchini Chips:
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1 large Zucchini sliced
Salt and Pepper to taste
Oil for deep frying


Method:
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Soup:
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1. In a heavy bottom sauce pan add water and bring to the water to a boil. Add the lentils and cover and cook until done or according to the package instructions.
2. Before it's done add the soup mix and mix it well and cover and off the flame.
3. Transfer some to a serving bowl sprinkle with lemon pepper if needed.


Zucchini Chips:
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1. In a heavy bottom vessel add enough oil for deep frying and let it reach 359F.
2. Using a slicer slice the zucchini to thin slices.
3. With a dry paper towel, wipe off excess water from the zucchini slices and drop one by one into the oil carefully. Make sure that you do it in batches and also don't overcrowd the pan.
4. Flip once and fry until the chips turn golden brown or just for 3-4 min on each side.