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Lentil Soup

Soup is good food, especially when you’re serving this homemade lentil soup. You’ll feel like a real ham when you prepare this palatable pottage that’s sure to warm your loved ones to the bone.
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Course Soups
Cuisine Continental

Servings 6 servings
Calories 1222.94 kcal

Ingredients

  

  • 5 cup(s) stock (ham or chicken)
  • 1 cup(s) lentils
  • 2 large carrots, skin on, diced
  • 2 celery spears, diced
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 cup(s) chopped leftover ham
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1/8 teaspoon(s) salt, to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon(s) cayenne pepper, or to taste (or substitute cracked black pepper)
  • 1 tablespoon(s) cornstarch mixed in 1/4 cup cool water
  • 2 floz cool water to mix in with cornstarch

Instructions

 

  • In a large soup pot over medium-high heat, combine ham or bacon pieces, lentils, and chicken broth; bring just to a boil.
  • Reduce heat to low and simmer 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until lentils are soft.
  • Remove 2 cups of cooked lentils and place into food processor or blender bowl; let cool 5 minutes (if you do not let cool slightly before processing, mixture will explode out of container and make a mess in your kitchen).
  • After cooling, whirl until pureed.
  • Stir pureed lentils into soup mixture.
  • In a medium frying pan over medium-high heat, saut onion and carrots in butter or margarine until limp, but do not brown; add to lentils.
  • Add thyme, nutmeg, salt, and white pepper; simmer another 30 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and serve in soup bowls.

Nutrition

Calories: 1222.94kcalCarbohydrates: 120.88gProtein: 95.18gFat: 38.76gSaturated Fat: 11.94gCholesterol: 188.76mgSodium: 5673.54mgFiber: 25.07gSugar: 32.84g

Keyword Healthy Bytes, Low Calorie, Low Fat
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