Crock pot leftover bone in ham lentil soup

Name: Crock pot leftover bone in ham lentil soup
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup lentil beans; 1.5 pound left over bone in ham or less to like; 5 pieces hickory thick bacon; 3 carrots; 3 red potatoes; 3 celery sticks; 1 red tomato; 1/4 white onion; 1 clove garlic; 2 tsp pepper; 1 tsp salt; 2 leaves epazote herb; 2-3 cups water

Lynda Leal @cook_leal

Camarillo, California

After Christmas we always have left over ham. After 1-2 day of eating ham it gets boring. So I like to make new dishes with left overs.

Lynda Leal @cook_leal

Camarillo, California

After Christmas we always have left over ham. After 1-2 day of eating ham it gets boring. So I like to make new dishes with left overs.

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Ingredients

4-8 slow cook

6 servings

1 1/4 cuplentil beans
1.5 poundleft over bone in ham or less to like
5 pieceshickory thick bacon
3carrots
3red potatoes
3celery sticks
1red tomato
1/4white onion
1 clovegarlic
2 tsppepper
1 tspsalt
2 leavesepazote herb
2-3 cupswater
Crock pot 6-8 quart oval

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Steps

4-8 slow cook

1

Start by placing lentil beans in a bowl. Soak in water for 1 hour or until you see water absorbed.
2

Cut potatoes, carrots, celery, onions, garlic. Place in crock pot.
3

Rinse lentil beans and set on top of vegetables.
4

Pour in water into crock pot to cover ingredients. Add water to be about 1/4 inch above lentil.
5

Place bacon, then place cut up ham. Then add salt, and pepper, last add epazote. Cover and set time on crock pot for 4-8 hours. I usually cook overnight and in the morning it smells amazing.