Lentil and Ham soup. This soup has become a family favourite. This classic, slow-simmered lentil soup is seasoned with ham and vegetables. The soup is a quick and easy preparation you'll love.
Add the stock, lentils, ham, ham bone, oregano, bay leaf and thyme and simmer, covered on low heat for an hour.
Remove from heat and stir in the spinach.
Remove from the heat and stir in the parsley.
You can cook Lentil and Ham soup using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Lentil and Ham soup
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup of dried lentil.
- You need 1 cup of cooked diced ham.
- It's 1 cup of diced carrots.
- Prepare 1 cup of diced celery.
- It's 8 of tsps of tomato sauce.
- You need 1 cup of water.
- It's 1 quart of chicken broth (low sodium).
- Prepare 1 of bay leaf.
- You need to taste of onion powder.
- Prepare of pepper to taste1/2 tsp oregano.
Remove the ham hocks and remove the meat. Add the ham back into the soup. Ladle the soup into individual serving bowls and serve with crusty bread. This easy slow cooker soup recipe is an ideal way to use up leftover ham from a big holiday meal.
Lentil and Ham soup instructions
- Mix lentil, carrots, celery and ham in large pot. Season with onion powder, oregano, pepper, and bay leaf. Stir over medium heat for 3-5 minutes..
- Stir in water, broth, and tomato sauce. Cover and simmer on low heat for 2 hours or until lentils are tender..
- Remove bay leaf before serving. Serve immediately with bread..
- Enjoy!.
The lentils and tomatoes make it a very hearty and nutritious soup. Lentil Soup with a Ham Bone- (Optional). Ham bones add tremendous flavor to soup broths. If you have one on hand, follow these instructions for using it: -Use an uncleaned ham bone. When you remove the bone from the soup at the end of cooking, use two forks to shred the delicious pink meat.
