Crock Pot Lentil and Ham Soup
photo by JustJanS
- Ready In:
- 8hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 2 cups lentils, uncooked
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 celery ribs, chopped
- 2 carrots, sliced
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 sprig fresh thyme
- 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
- 1 lb smoked ham, cut into chunks
- 2 quarts water
directions
- Place all ingredients into crock pot.(6 qt or larger).
- Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until lentils are cooked to your liking.
- Remove bay leaf and thyme sprig before serving.
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Reviews
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Instead of water, I used chicken broth. Also, even though nothing was said about soaking the lentils, one person did comment on that. I solved that by adding all the ingredients into the crock pot; then I refrigerated it overnight and put it on, low, at 7 am so I would have something ready for dinner (10 hrs on slow). The lentils soaked in the broth, and the result was a tasty lentil soup. Bsides the pieces of ham, I of course used a ham bone.
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Tweaks
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Very easy to make and I switched out 1/2 of the lentils with yellow split peas. I wanted red lentils, but couldn't find them locally. I found the soup very salty, and it could have been me. I added a meaty smoked ham hock to the crock pot for additional flavor and probably should have added no salt whatsoever. I threw a few cut up potatoes near the end of cooking time to try and soak up some of the salt, but ended up throwing the batch out. I'm making another batch tomorrow . . .
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