Slow Cooker Lentil Soup with Bacon

Name: Slow Cooker Lentil Soup with Bacon
Total time: 315
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 (16 ounce) package dry lentils; 6 cups water, or as needed; 1 bay leaf; 1 onion, chopped; 0.5 (16 ounce) package bacon, chopped, or more to taste; garlic powder

Recipe by Jen Vanleeuwen from allrecipes.com

Dinner 5 Hr. 15 Mins.

Ingredients

8 servings

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1 (16 ounce) package dry lentils
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6 cups water, or as needed
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1 bay leaf

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1 onion, chopped
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0.5 (16 ounce) package bacon, chopped, or more to taste
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garlic powder

Instructions

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.