Lentil & Bacon Soup
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 5
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 171.2
- Total Fat: 3.5 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 47.2 mg
- Total Carbs: 23.0 g
- Dietary Fiber: 8.4 g
- Protein: 13.4 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Lentil & Bacon Soup calories by ingredient
Introduction
Cheap & filling soup Cheap & filling soupNumber of Servings: 5
Ingredients
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100gm Onion
100gm Celery
100gm Carrots
400gm Lentils
100gm Bacon/ham, cut from a cooked ham hock (pork knuckle)
1 Cooked ham hock bone.
2 Garlic Cloves
1 tbsp Olive Oil
2 tspn Marigold Swiss Vegetable Bouillon powder
1 whole Bay Leaf
1 tspn Paprika
I don't add salt to this soup, as the ham and vegetable bouillon powder provide enough seasoning.
I dont add salt
Directions
1. Wash celery and chop into pieces. Peel and chop onion and carrots.
2. Rinse lentils in several changes of cold water.
3. Remove the skin & fat from ham hock and discard. Cut meat from bone and chop into small pieces. Keep bone!
4. In a large pan heat the oil, add the onion, garlic and celery and cook gently for a few minutes.
5. Add the chopped bacon, carrot, hock bone, paprika, bay leaf and vegetable bouillon and 2litres water. Bring to boil and cook for 15 mins until the vegetables soften.
6. Add the lentils, stir and cook on high heat for a few minutes. Turn heat down, cover and simmer for about 30 minutes until lentils are cooked.
7. Remove hock bone and bay leaf. Liquidise soup.
Makes about 2 litres soup.
Serving Size: Makes approx 2 litres soup- 5x400ml servings
Number of Servings: 5
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MRS-BLOBBY.
2. Rinse lentils in several changes of cold water.
3. Remove the skin & fat from ham hock and discard. Cut meat from bone and chop into small pieces. Keep bone!
4. In a large pan heat the oil, add the onion, garlic and celery and cook gently for a few minutes.
5. Add the chopped bacon, carrot, hock bone, paprika, bay leaf and vegetable bouillon and 2litres water. Bring to boil and cook for 15 mins until the vegetables soften.
6. Add the lentils, stir and cook on high heat for a few minutes. Turn heat down, cover and simmer for about 30 minutes until lentils are cooked.
7. Remove hock bone and bay leaf. Liquidise soup.
Makes about 2 litres soup.
Serving Size: Makes approx 2 litres soup- 5x400ml servings
Number of Servings: 5
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MRS-BLOBBY.