Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Works great with a leftover ham bone after the holidays! See cooking tips below the recipe for more info. Full of spice and flavor, great topped with cheese and chips on the side.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta using 23 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta:
- Make ready 1 bag dried hurst 15 bean soup mix with seasoning packet
- Take Optional ????
- Prepare 1 tsp. baking soda plus enough water to soak beans overnight
- Take 2 cups diced ham or 2 to 3 ham hocks
- Take 1 small yellow onion diced
- Make ready 2 carrots peeled and diced
- Prepare 2 stalks celery peeled and diced
- Get 1 Tbsp. garlic minced
- Prepare 1/4 cup butter
- Take 2 tsp. dried basil
- Take 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- Get 1 tsp. dried thyme
- Get 1 bay leaf
- Make ready 4 cups water
- Take 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
- Get 1 (14.5 oz) can Italian flavored diced tomatoes or use petite >
- Get tomatoes with 1 tsp. Italian seasonings mixed in
- Make ready 1 tsp. salt
- Get 3 cups chopped kale
- Make ready 1/2 lemon juiced
- Make ready 2 tsp. hot sauce
- Prepare (Optional)1 1/2 cups ditalina pasta
- Get Shredded Parmesan cheese
Place in slow cooker with water, sausage, red pepper, onion and garlic. Stir in tomatoes, flavoring packet from bean mix, and lemon juice. When serving a crowd, we put this chili on in the morning and then prepare a chili bar with toppings so our guests can help themselves! Serve ladled over a piece of buttered cornbread and it's sheer comfort with each and every bite.
Steps to make Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta:
- Place the beans in a colander and sort out any debris, rinse beans and either add to slow cooker or to a pot and cover with water and add 1 teaspoon baking soda and let it sit overnight it's optional but i prefer it.
- If you soaked the beans give them a quick rinse and add to slow cooker
- Add in ham, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, butter, basil, thyme, pepper, bay leaf, broth and water
- Cover slow cooker and don't open lid while cooking. Set on high for 8 hours
- After 8 hours remove bay leaf and shred ham hocks if used and discard bone and add in tomatoes, hot sauce, kale, salt, lemon juice and pasta if adding. Stir up and cover and cook for 20 more minutes and then stir in flavor packet that was in with the beans. Serve and top with some Parmesan cheese if desired. It's also great with buttered cornbread on the side. Enjoy !
If you are pressed for time just use the canned black beans, toss the rest of the stuff into a slow cooker, (I also added a can of diced tomatoes) and when you get home, dinner! Add the meat to the slow cooker. While the meat is browning, you'll want to dice up your onion. Add the diced onion to the slow cooker. One of the most nutritious parts of dried beans is the liquid that they cook in (avoid throwing it out whenever possible!).
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