The slow cooker is ideal for this lentil soup. Simply place all the ingredients in the slow cooker in the morning, and enjoy a lovely soup when you get home.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 6 hrs |
| Total Time: | 6 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
Ingredients
- 7 cups water
- 1 pound cooked, smoked lean ham, cut into chunks
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can low-sodium diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 ¾ cups dried lentils, rinsed
- 8 ounces chopped onion
- 6 ounces sliced carrots
- 6 ounces chopped celery
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt (Optional)
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme, or more to taste
- 1 bay leaf
Instructions
- Combine water, ham, tomatoes, lentils, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, pepper, salt, thyme, and bay leaf in a slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on Low until lentils and vegetables are as soft as you like, 6 to 8 hours. Remove bay leaf before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 259 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 27 g |
| Cholesterol | 25 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 12 g |
| Protein | 18 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 737 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I made it with Kettle & Fire Vegetable Broth instead of water. It was so easy and delicious! Will make again!
I added kale. This was sooo good! I am making it again and again. Very easy to make. Thank you!
Very simple but very tasty.
This was an easy recipe. I added all ingredients to my slow cooker and left it. Very flavorful and filling. I added salt after it was done cooking..adding salt to lentils before they’re done could keep them hard and uncooked. I definitely will make this again. I think next time I will add zucchini or different veggies.
I used no salt chicken broth in place of water, tasted it half way through cooking and found it a bit on the thin side so I added a can of Canelli beans but mashed about 1/3 of the can to thicken it up.Other then that a good soup, and lots of leftovers so I filled a few containers and froze it for another day. Thank you for the recipe. June 10/2020.