Leslie's Ham Lentil Soup
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Cooking:
20 min.
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Servings per container:
6
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Ingredients for - Leslie's Ham Lentil Soup

1. Water - 8 cups
2. Chicken bouillon granules - 2 ⅔ tablespoons
3. Ham bone with some meat - 1
4. Lentils - 2 cups
5. Celery, chopped - 2 stalks
6. Chopped carrots - 1 cup
7. Green bell pepper, chopped - 1
8. Onion, chopped - ½
9. Dried marjoram - 1 teaspoon
10. Crushed bay leaf - ¼ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Leslie's Ham Lentil Soup

1. Stage

Bring water and chicken bouillon granules to a boil in a stock pot; stir to dissolve bouillon. Place ham bone in boiling broth, reduce heat to medium-low, and stir in lentils. Simmer until lentils begin to soften, about 10 minutes.

2. Stage

Stir celery, carrots, green bell pepper, onion, marjoram, and bay leaf into broth and simmer until lentils and vegetables are tender, 10 to 20 minutes.

3. Stage

Turn off heat and remove ham bone from soup. Cut ham from bone and cube meat. Return meat to soup and discard bone.