Lentil & Smoked Sausage Soup - Slow Cooker
Created by Maddie on May 27, 2012
- Servings: 9
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 6-8h
- Recipe #5556
Ingredients
- 1 pound lentils, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup diced celery
- 1 cup diced onion
- 1 cup diced carrot
- 3 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
- 12 ounces smoked sausage
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
- 2 cups chopped fresh spinach or chard
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- Salt & ground pepper, to you taste
How to Make
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Step 1: Combine all ingredients, except salt, in a 5 to 7-quart slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours, until lentils are tender.
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Step 2: If desired, blend 3 to 4 cups of this, about 1 cup at a time, to make a thicker soup. Or use an immersion blender and blend until you reach the consistency you desire
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (353.2 g)
- Calories 450.6
- Total Fat - 21.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.3 g
- Cholesterol - 102 mg
- Sodium - 1660.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 22.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.9 g
- Sugars - 4.7 g
- Protein - 40.7 g
- Calcium - 239.7 mg
- Iron - 4.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 4.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg