Pork Tenderloin & Lentil Soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 20
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 207.7
  • Total Fat: 2.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 16.5 mg
  • Sodium: 804.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 34.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 14.4 g
  • Protein: 19.1 g

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Introduction

This hearty soup will leave you satisfied for hours. It's super healthy too: Lean pork, carrots, lentils and split peas...What's not to love! This hearty soup will leave you satisfied for hours. It's super healthy too: Lean pork, carrots, lentils and split peas...What's not to love!
Number of Servings: 20

Ingredients

    --In Crockpot:
    Lentils (Dry), 1 lb bag
    Yellow Split Peas (Dry), 1lb.bag
    Chopped Garlic, 4 tsp
    Water, tap, 12 cups
    Better than Boullion Chicken Base, 3 tsp
    Onions, raw, 1.5 cup, chopped
    Carrots, raw, 5 large (7-1/4" to 8-1/2" long)

    --In Frypan:
    Johnny's Seasoning Salt, 3 tsp
    McCormick Grill Mates Hamburger Seasoning, 4 tsp (to taste)
    Boneless Pork Loin, Fresh Pork, 24 oz

    --Additional Seasonings:
    Pepper, red or cayenne, 2 tsp
    Pepper, black, 2 tbsp
    Onion Salt, McCormick, 3 tsp

    --Tomatoes:
    Whole canned tomatoes, 1 can
    Canned Stewed Tomatoes Italian style, 2 cans
    100% Natural Tomato Paste, 1 can (6 tbsp)

Directions

You will need: A large crockpot and a mediun frypan.

1) Turn the crockpot to HIGH. Chop one onion and 5 large carrots and put in crockpot. Pour the two bags of dried peas and lentils and the water into the pot aswell. Add the chicken boullion and chopped garlic, cayenne, salt and pepper. Let cook for about 4 hours, or until peas are soft.

2) Heat a frypan to medium-high heat. Spray with Pam and sear the pork tenderloin (the inside of the meat will still be pink). Remove from head and cutinto bite size pieces. Return to pan and season with season salt and hamburger seasoning. Cook until no longer pink.

3) Add the cooked pork and the four cans of tomato products to the crockpot. Combine throughout and add the "additional seasonings" to taste. Cook 1 more hour.

Number of Servings: 20

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user L4ETERNAL.