Receta Slow Cooker Smoked Sausage Lentil Soup
Slow Cooker Smoked Sausage Lentil SoupA hearty lentil soup delicately flavored with smoked sausage that simmers to perfection in your slow cooker.
I've been meaning to make lentil soup for close to one year!
Picked up a package of lentils quite a while ago, stuck them in a Lock & Lock container and just plain forgot about them.
Just dump in the ingredients and go
I also had a package of bourbon-flavored smoked sausage (Hillshire's American Craft) that I'd never opened and wanted to use those too. Why not get "crocked" too from your crock pot meal!
It was a good soup day here too--not cold, but very windy. So I just dumped everything in my crock pot, set it to cook and had a delicious dinner! And one that was probably healthy too.
Gorgeous flavors
Originally, I added 5 cups of water to start, but the soup got way too thick and I added another cup. What you see in the pic is the consistency with 6 cups of water--so judge your consistency on that. Start with 6 cups--if you need more, add it.
The amount of sausage is just a guide--as are the carrots and mushrooms (which you can leave out with no great loss). Use more or less, whatever you prefer. If you're feeding a he-man meat eater, double the amount of smoked sausage!
Slow Cooker Smoked Sausage Lentil Soup
- 1 pkg (16 oz) lentils
- 1 cup sliced carrots
- 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
- 5 sprigs fresh thyme -OR- 1/2 tsp dehydrated
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 tub Knorr beef concentrated stock*
- 4 whole peppercorns
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 lb kielbasa (or smoked sausage) sliced in 1/4-inch slices
- 6 cups water
- *2-3 beef stock cubes may be substituted
Combine all ingredients in the crock of a 5 QT (or more) slow cooker. Cover.
Set to HI and cook for about 5 hrs (8-10 on LOW)
If soup seems to thick for your taste, add a bit more water.
Slow Cooker Smoked Sausage Lentil Soup
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