Hearty soup made with smoked turkey, lentils, carrots and more. Perfect comfort food for a cold fall or winter day!
Prep Time: 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 6 hourshours
Total Time: 6 hourshours20 minutesminutes
Servings: 8
Ingredients
1smoked turkey thigh
8cupschicken broth, or water
3cupsdry lentils
1 1/2cupscelery, diced
1 1/2cupscarrots, peeled and diced
1mediumonion, diced
3plum tomatoes, diced
4clovesgarlic, minced
1tspsalt
1/2tspground black pepper
1/2tspthyme
1/2cupgrated pecorino romano
1/3cupfresh parsley, chopped
Instructions
Add all ingredients (except grated pecorino romano and fresh parsley) into a slow cooker. Set to high and cook for 6 hours.
With one hour left in the cooking time, remove the turkey thigh. Let it cool slightly, so it is not too hot to handle. Remove the skin and cut up the meat into small cubes. Stir the meat back into the soup and cook for the remaining time.
Ladle the soup into a bowl and garnish with grated pecorino romano and fresh parsley.
Notes
Instead of smoked turkey thighs, you could also use smoked turkey drumsticks or smoked pork hocks.
If the broth seems too thick and the lentils have absorbed most of the liquid, you can add a little more water.