Slow Cooker Beef & Lentil Soup

Slow Cooker Beef & Lentil Soup is a healthy, hearty soup made with fresh vegetables, lentils, and chunks of tender beef for a comforting soup that’s made in your slow cooker.

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Slow Cooker Beef & Lentil Soup is a delicious, thick lentil soup with carrots, celery, onion, garlic, and chunks of beef roast, but could easily be made vegetarian. 

It’s super healthy and loaded with fiber, protein from the lentils and beef, and all the goodness from the fresh veggies. 

It’s officially fall, and to commence what I call “soup & candle weather”, I thought I would share my new favorite soup recipe with you, Slow Cooker Beef & Lentil Soup. 

It is everything I want in a bowl of soup.  If you like hearty, super comforting soups, you’re going to love this one.

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Ingredients needed for this recipe (scroll down to recipe card for complete recipe):

• Dried lentils
• Beef rump roast
• Onion
• Garlic
• Celery
• Carrot
• Better than Bouillon Beef Base
• Beef broth
• Water
• Bay leaf, salt, pepper

How to make Slow Cooker Beef & Lentil Soup

1. Cube the meat, then sear it in a hot pan, then add it to the slow cooker.
2. Add all the other ingredients to the slow cooker.  It’s hands-free from there. Just cook on low.

Whether I’ve been freezing my tush off from sitting on the cold bleachers at my boys’ baseball games, or just had a really long day, I’m always excited to know we have something warm and ready to eat as soon as we get home. 

Another perk of this soup is when your husband walks in the front door and says, “I’m so glad it’s our house that smells so good!”

Do I need to soak the lentils?

No.  You do not need to pre-soak the lentils.

How long is Beef & Lentil Soup good for?

Keep leftovers in an air-tight container and refrigerate for up to 3-4 days.

Can you freeze lentil soup?

Lentils absorb liquid over time, so if you eat it the next day or freeze it and eat it later, you may need to add a little water to loosen it up.

Looking for more soup recipes?  Here are some favorites:

• Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup
• Italian Meatball Gnocchi Soup
• Slow Cooker Cheesy Broccoli Potato Soup (shown below)
• Slow Cooker 15 Bean Soup with Kale
• Slow Cooker Creamy Green Chile Chicken Soup
• Italian Chickpea Vegetable Soup

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NOTES:

• This recipe could easily be made vegetarian by omitting the beef and replacing the beef broth with vegetable broth and replacing the Better than Bouillon Beef Base or Better Than Bouillon Vegetarian No Beef Base.
• I used a rump roast in this recipe because I wanted chunks of meat that would hold its shape in the soup after it cooked for a long time, compared to a chuck roast, which might fall apart.
• Lentils do not need to pre-soak.  They can be added right to the slow cooker dry.

Slow Cooker Beef and Lentil Soup

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Slow Cooker Beef & Lentil Soup is a healthy, hearty soup made with fresh vegetables, lentils, and chunks of tender beef for a comforting soup that's made in your slow cooker.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 8 hours hrs

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Total Time 8 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 6

Equipment

• 5-6 quart slow cooker
• skillet

Ingredients

  

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• 2 lb. boneless rump roast
• 1 16 oz. bag of dried lentils
• 1 yellow onion chopped
• 1-2 carrots diced
• 1-2 celery stalks diced
• 2-3 garlic cloves minced
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 tsp. salt
• Several grinds of fresh black pepper
• 32 oz carton of beef broth (about 4 cups)
• 1 tbsp. Better than Bouillon Roasted Beef Base
• 2 1/2 cups water

Instructions

 

• Cube the roast and then sear it in a pan to brown all sides. Add it to the slow cooker with all the other ingredients. Stir everything until the Bouillon paste is combined. Cook in the slow cooker on low for 7-8 hours, or until the beef is tender.
• Taste for salt and season accordingly. If soup is too thick, add a little water or broth until you get your desired consistency. Enjoy!

Keyword Beef, Lentils, Slow Cooker, Soup

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