Best Slow Cooker Lentil Soup Recipes

SLOW COOKER LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Combine water, ham, tomatoes, lentils, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, pepper, salt, thyme, and bay leaf in a slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on LOW until lentils and vegetables are as soft as you like, 6 to 8 hours. Remove bay leaf before serving.

SLOW COOKER LENTIL AND HAM SOUP

Steps:

• In a 3 1/2 quart or larger slow cooker combine the lentils, celery, carrots, onion, garlic and ham. Season with basil, thyme, oregano, the bay leaf and pepper. Stir in the chicken broth, water and tomato sauce. Cover and cook on Low for 11 hours. Discard the bay leaf before serving.

SLOW-COOKER MEDITERRANEAN LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Place the chicken stock, carrots, lentils, artichokes, celery, sun-dried tomatoes and tablespoon of their oil, bouillon paste, oregano and onion in a slower cooker. Cook until the lentils are tender, on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours. Stir in the escarole, lemon zest and juice and let sit 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve with crusty bread alongside.

SLOW COOKER LENTIL SOUP WITH SAUSAGE AND GREENS

Steps:

• In a large, dry skillet over medium-high heat, cook the sausage, breaking it up with a spatula, until it is in small, coarse pieces, and starts to brown and sizzle in its own fat, about 8 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the cooked sausage to a 5- to 8-quart slow cooker. There should be a thin layer of fat covering the bottom of the skillet. If there is much more than that, pour a bit of the fat off. If there is not enough fat to cover the bottom of the pan, add a drizzle of olive oil.
• Add the onion to the skillet, season generously with salt, and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low, add garlic and cook until softened and fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the onion and garlic powders, the herbs, red-pepper flakes and several generous grinds of black pepper. Stir to combine. Increase heat to medium-high, pour in the wine and stir well, scraping the bottom of the pot. Let the wine bubble until the pan is almost dry, about 3 minutes.
• Scrape the skillet mixture into the slow cooker with the sausage. Add the bay leaf and the lentils. Add the tomatoes with their juice. If using whole, crush the tomatoes into pieces using your hands as you add them with their juice. Pour in the chicken stock. Season generously with pepper and add 1/2 teaspoon salt if you are using low-sodium stock or 1 teaspoon salt if using homemade unsalted stock. Do not add salt now if you are using fully salted stock. Stir well to combine all ingredients. Cover and cook on low until the lentils are tender, about 6 to 8 hours. (Taste the lentils to make sure they are firm but creamy on the inside; black lentils can vary in their cooking time depending on their age and the heat of your slow cooker.) The soup holds well on warm for 2 additional hours.
• Switch the heat to high. Remove and discard the thyme sprigs. Stir in the greens and cook until wilted and tender, about 2 minutes for baby spinach, 10 minutes for kale. Stir in the vinegar. Serve in bowls, topped with chopped basil and grated Parmesan.

SLOW COOKER LENTIL SOUP WITH SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Combine sausages, carrots, celery, onion, tomatoes, lentils, water, wine, oil, garlic, oregano, basil, thyme, bay leaf, salt, and pepper in the bottom of a slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on Low until lentils are tender and sausage is no longer pink, 6 to 8 hours.
• When ready to serve, stir in spinach and cook until it wilts, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove bay leaf.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Combine green lentils, tomatoes, onion, garlic, cumin, oregano, chili powder, paprika, onion powder, and salt in a slow cooker. Pour in chicken broth and stir gently to evenly distribute seasonings into the broth.
• Settle chicken thighs into the broth, ensuring they are submerged in the liquid.
• Set slow cooker for High heat and cook for 4 hours, chicken should be falling off the bone and lentils should be tender (if not, cook a little bit longer).
• Use tongs and remove chicken from the soup and set on a cutting board. Pull meat off the bones with tongs and either rough chop or break apart into bite sized pieces with the tongs. Return meat to the soup. Discard bones.
• Stir the meat in and taste test; adjust the seasonings as desired.

SLOW COOKER LENTIL SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• Rinse lentils well under cold running water. Drain and transfer to a slow cooker. Pour in water until water level is twice as high as lentils. Add bay leaf and set slow cooker to High.
• Meanwhile, heat onion and bacon in a skillet over medium heat. Cook until bacon is crispy, 5 to 10 minutes. Season with garlic powder and transfer bacon-onion mixture to the slow cooker.
• Cook on High until lentils are tender, about 5 hours.

SLOW-COOKER SWEET POTATO AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Combine the sweet potato, carrots, celery, leeks, lentils, ginger, 3/4 teaspoon curry powder and 1 teaspoon salt in a 4-to-6-quart slow cooker. Add 6 cups water and stir, then cover and cook on low, undisturbed, 8 hours.
• Stir the soup vigorously with a whisk to make a rough puree. Thin with hot water, if desired.
• Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon curry powder and cook until the curry powder is slightly toasted, about 1 minute. Stir the curry mixture into the soup and add the lemon juice, cilantro, and salt to taste. Serve with lemon wedges.

SLOW-COOKER BISTRO LENTIL-BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Mix lentils, onions, carrots, tomatoes, kielbasa and barley in 4-quart Crock-Pot slow cooker. Stir in broth and water.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 9 to 10 hours or until lentils and vegetables are tender. Top each serving with dollop of mustard and horseradish.

SLOW-COOKER BROWN LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Spray 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In cooker, mix ingredients.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 10 hours. Stir well before serving.

SLOW-COOKER ITALIAN CHICKEN-LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Remove fat from chicken. In 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker, mix onion, zucchini, carrots, lentils, broth, salt and pepper. Add chicken.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 5 to 6 hours.
• Remove chicken from slow cooker. Use 2 forks to pull chicken into shreds. Return chicken to slow cooker. Stir in mushrooms and tomatoes. Cover; cook on Low heat setting about 15 minutes longer or until thoroughly heated. Sprinkle with basil. Serve with cheese.

SLOW-COOKER CURRIED LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In 3 1/2 or 4-quart slow cooker, combine all ingredients except tomatoes, spinach and yogurt; mix well.
• Cover; cook on Low setting for 8 to 9 hours.
• About 5 minutes before serving, stir tomatoes into soup. Cover; cook an additional 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
• Just before serving, remove and discard bay leaves. Top individual servings with 1/4 cup spinach and 1 tablespoon yogurt.

SLOW-COOKER LENTIL AND SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• Spray 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook onion in oil 2 minutes, stirring frequently, until tender. Add garlic and tomato paste; cook 1 minute. Spoon mixture into slow cooker. Stir in remaining ingredients except spinach.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 9 hours. Discard bay leaves. Stir in spinach just before serving.

CREAMY TOMATO AND LENTIL SLOW COOKER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a non stick pan. Cook onion over medium heat until golden. Add garlic and chilli and cook for about 1 minute.
• Place onion mix in slow cooker. Stir in tomatoes, stock, tomato paste, brown sugar and lentils.
• Cover with lid and cook on LOW 6-8 hours or HIGH 4 hours.
• Stir in cream 1/2 hour before end of cooking, replace lid and continue to cook.
• The orginal recipe says to ladle into bowls and top with 2 tsp sundried tomato pesto. Serve hot with crusty bread.

LENTIL SOUP WITH HAM AND BACON (CROCK POT, SLOW COOKER)

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in saute pan over medium heat. Saute bacon until firm; remove from heat and move to crock pot.
• Add remaning ingredients to crock pot.
• Cook on Low for 8-10 hours or on High for 6-8 hours, until lentils are tender.

SLOW COOKER LENTIL VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Saute musrhooms, celery & peppers in olive oil & butter for about 5 minutes, add the 1/8 tsp cumin just before the end.
• Add all the veggies, juice 1 1/2 cups chicken broth & seasonings to slowcooker.
• Cook on low for 6 hours.
• Add barley & as much of the last cup of chicken broth as needed.
• Cook on high for 1 hour.
• Garnish with fresh parsley when serving.

SLOW COOKER LENTIL RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Place the lentils, rice, carrots, celery, onion, water, broth, garlic powder, ground black pepper and salt in a slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low setting for 7 to 8 hours. Stir in the mushrooms 1 hour before serving.

SLOW-COOKER SMOKED TURKEY-LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Spray 3- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In slow cooker, stir together broth, lentils, prechopped vegetables, oregano and pepper; add turkey leg.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 10 hours or until lentils are tender and turkey falls off bone.
• Remove turkey leg from slow cooker. Remove and discard skin. Shred meat; discard bone. Return meat to slow cooker; stir well. Ladle soup into 8 bowls; garnish with yogurt and oregano sprigs.

SLOW COOKER RED LENTIL, CHICKPEA, & COCONUT SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium saute pan over medium-low heat, melt the butter.
• Increase heat to medium and add the onion and carrots. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion has softened, about 4 minutes.
• Add the garlic, curry powder, cayenne powder, ginger and salt. Stir and cook for another minute.
• Add the tomato paste and pour in about a cup of the vegetable broth. Stir to get all of the bits of good stuff off of the pan, and pour the entire mixture into a 4.5 quart or larger Crock Pot.
• Add the remaining vegetable broth, red lentils, chickpeas, and coconut milk to the Crock Pot and stir.
• Cook on low for about 8 hours.
• Taste and add additional salt if necessary.
• Serve with fresh lime wedges for squeezing on top and sprigs of cilantro.

SLOW-COOKER LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except spinach in 5- to 6-quart slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on Low heat setting 8 to 9 hours or until lentils are tender.
• Remove ham from cooker; place on cutting board. Pull meat from bones, using 2 forks; discard bones and skin. Stir ham and spinach into soup. Stir well before serving.