Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, leftover ham and lentil soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Lentil soup on its own can seem bland and boring. But, add in some delicious veggies and leftover ham chunks, and you've got yourself an irresistible soup that every member of your family will love! Whenever we cook up a ham for dinner, we use this amazing Riesling Peach Glazed Ham recipe.
Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook leftover ham and lentil soup using 30 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup:
- Get Base
- Prepare Hunk of butter (or oil)
- Prepare 1 onion, diced
- Take 3 cloves garlic
- Make ready 3 carrots
- Take 1 tsp flour
- Get Splash wine
- Prepare 1 cup stock (chicken/pork/veggie all work)
- Make ready Bouquet Garni (herb bundle)
- Make ready Cheesecloth
- Take Butcher’s twine
- Prepare 1 cinnamon stick
- Get 2 bay leaves, broken
- Make ready 2 allspice
- Take 2 star anise
- Get 4 cloves
- Prepare 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
- Take 1/2 tsp fenugreek
- Get 1 dried chili pepper
- Make ready 1 tsp thyme
- Prepare The Soup
- Prepare 1 cup dry lentils (green or yellow)
- Get 1 Tupperware of leftover roasted ham, diced
- Prepare 1/2 tsp cumin (optional)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp garam masala (optional)
- Prepare Salt and pepper
- Get Garnish
- Prepare Chopped fresh cilantro
- Take Sour cream
- Take Croutons
Colombian Lentils and Pork Stew - from My Colombian Recipes. Cured Pork Shoulder and Lentils - from Chocolate and Zucchini. I also add rice (any kind, but the short sweet brown rice is great) or barley. Come home at the end of the day to a richly spiced broth filled with lentils, ham and veggies.
Instructions to make Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup:
- Cook your lentils. Wash dry lentils thoroughly (all sorts of weird stuff turns up in dry lentils, I found a piece of wood in mine). Add to a large pot of boiling water, boil for half an hour and drain, reserving water.
- Make your herb bundle. Double layer a square of cheesecloth. Lay all the things you don’t want to chew in the middle. Bundle it up, tying with butcher’s twine. Do not make my mistake and include veggie stalks - I thought it would be an easy way to impart more flavour, but forgot they would expand and stretch out the cheesecloth.
- Make your base. Melt some butter; sauté onions, carrots, etc. until soft. Add the herb bundle, push it around for a bit, then toss it in the soup pot. Add minced garlic, cooking briefly. Add flour and cook until nutty. Splash in the wine, scraping the bottom of the pan to get the good bits while letting the alcohol evaporate. Slowly incorporate stock.
- Amass the soup! Add your delicious veggie mixture to a crock pot or large soup pot. Add the cooked lentils. Add the reserved lentil water until everything looks a bit too runny. Add cumin and garam masala, if using, and salt and pepper. Cook on low for as long as you’ve got (1-3h) on low heat.
- Get some texture. Dig out the herb bundle and 2 cups of soup. Purée the rest with a hand blender. Return veggies. Fry ham (with basting sauce, if you still have it) and add.
- Garnish and serve!
Pair it up with cornmeal muffins and you have a great meal! Mmmmm this soup is so simple and satisfying. I originally tried this recipe to get rid of left-over ham but now I am making it all the time! Like this Ham & Green Lentil Soup recipe? You'll find many more delicious soup ideas in our Soups Category and lots more leftover ideas in our Leftover Plus you'll see daily recipe suggestions from decadent desserts to quick delicious weekday meals too.
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