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Slow Cooker Lentil Soup with Bacon

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LIZ DELLA CROCE

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Bacon adds a smoky, salty flavor to this easy and delicious slow cooker lentil soup full of veggies, protein and fiber.

Slow Cooker Lentil Soup with Bacon - The Lemon Bowl

The hectic holiday season and everyday life as a busy work-at-home mother of a toddler practically beg for easy and delicious slow cooker recipes. If you accidentally had cookies for breakfast, lentil soup will give you a hefty dose of much-needed protein, fiber, and nutrients.

Smoky bacon, fire roasted tomatoes and smoked paprika all provide richness and depth of flavor without many additional calories. As always, make it your own! Diced white or sweet potatoes would be a great addition to make it a bit heartier. Don’t have any fire roasted tomatoes? Regular diced or whole peeled work just fine. Want to dial down the heat? Skip the chili pepper flakes.

The best part? The slow cooker does all of the work so that you can get back to baking cookies. Or testing that fudge for poison….again

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Slow Cooker Lentil Soup with Bacon - The Lemon Bowl

Slow Cooker Lentil Soup with Bacon

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Liz Della Croce
Bacon adds a smoky, salty flavor to this easy and delicious slow cooker lentil soup full of veggies, protein and fiber.
PREP: 15 minutes
COOK: 4 hours
TOTAL: 4 hours 15 minutes
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Servings4

Equipment

Ingredients
 

  • 2 slices bacon (thinly sliced)
  • 1 cup lentils (rinsed and sorted)
  • 2 celery stalks (diced)
  • 2 carrots (diced)
  • 1 medium onion (diced)
  • 2 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
  • ½ teaspoon red chili flakes
  • 15 oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes
  • 32 oz chicken broth (low sodium)
  • fresh chopped parsley (optional garnish)

Instructions
 

  • In a frying pan over medium-high heat, cook bacon slices until brown and crispy then remove from pan and set on a plate lined with paper towel to drain.
  • Add all ingredients including the cooked bacon to the slow cooker and heat on Low for 8 hours or High for 4 hours.
  • Serve with fresh chopped parsley.

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Liz’s Notes

Salt is left out of this recipe due to the bacon, canned tomatoes and chicken broth used. Feel free to add salt if you prefer.

Nutrition

Serving: 2cups | Calories: 172kcal | Carbohydrates: 34.1g | Protein: 13.3g | Fat: 1.9g | Saturated Fat: 0.5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.4g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 470mg | Fiber: 11.8g | Sugar: 7.4g

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21 responses to “Slow Cooker Lentil Soup with Bacon”

  1. Amber Avatar
    Amber

    Hello Liz!
    I hope you are still active on here. I’ve never cooked lentils before. What color do you use?
    Thanks!

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      I like to use green or brown lentils for this soup :)

  2. Brian Bassett Avatar
    Brian Bassett

    If you are going to give nutritional fact per serving, it might be a good thing to say what the serving size is. Also, light grey text on an off-white background is cruel on people with poor vision.

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      Hi Brian,

      Sorry about that – this recipe is 6 years old and 3 or 4 years ago we got a new recipe plugin which makes the recipes printer friendly and easy to use. As a result, the serving size didn’t pull over but I added it in (2 cups.) I hope you enjoy the recipe! As for the light grey text on off white background, you’re the first person to ever mention having trouble seeing it but I appreciate you letting me know. I’ll see if others feel the same and consider changing as we do a website redo in the coming years. :)

  3. Candace Avatar
    Candace

    I plan on making this on Sunday for the week. Haven’t tried lentils yet and I figured the best way to try them is with BACON!!!! LOL. I do have one question…do you know if this will freeze well? I’m omitting the tomatoes because I can’t eat them but including all other ingredients.

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      Yes this freezers really well!

  4. MaryPat1026 Avatar
    MaryPat1026

    Very good basic recipe; I increased the lentils to 1.5c. Instead of bacon, I used 5 andouille sausages that had been browned, braised, then chopped in large chunks (omitted the chili flakes and canned tomatoes, but would use the tomatoes again). I used the sausage braising liquid along with the chicken stock. During the last 1/2 hour, I added chopped kale. It was excellent!

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      So glad you loved it and made it your own!!