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Ham and Green Lentil Soup
Ham and Green Lentil Soup - a super easy and delicious way to make soup stock from a ham bone and then use it with leftover baked ham in this simple, tasty lentil soup.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 8 - 10 cups of water
- 1 ham bone
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 medium red onion , chopped
- 2 cups diced leftover cooked ham
- 1 cup of green lentils
- 1 and ½ cups of diced carrots
- 1 and ½ cups diced celery
- 4 tbsp chopped fresh oregano
- pinch freshly ground pepper
Instructions
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Simmer the ham bone in the water along with the bay leaves, and red onion for about an hour.
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Remove ham bone and add the lentils and diced ham.
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Simmer for 30 minutes and add the carrots, celery, oregano and pepper.
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Simmer until vegetables and lentils are tender, about 30 minutes.