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Using dried beans, makes the soup unbelievably flavorful, since the beans soak up the flavor from the seasonings and meat as they cook. Using the slow cooker makes it unbelievably EASY, since you can set it and forget it! Rinse and sort beans, discarding any debris. Add the beans to the slow cooker.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta using 23 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook 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
- Get Optional π
- Prepare 1 tsp. baking soda plus enough water to soak beans overnight
- Take 2 cups diced ham or 2 to 3 ham hocks
- Get 1 small yellow onion diced
- Take 2 carrots peeled and diced
- Get 2 stalks celery peeled and diced
- Make ready 1 Tbsp. garlic minced
- Prepare 1/4 cup butter
- Make ready 2 tsp. dried basil
- Make ready 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- Get 1 tsp. dried thyme
- Make ready 1 bay leaf
- Prepare 4 cups water
- Get 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
- Prepare 1 (14.5 oz) can Italian flavored diced tomatoes or use petite >
- Take tomatoes with 1 tsp. Italian seasonings mixed in
- Get 1 tsp. salt
- Make ready 3 cups chopped kale
- Prepare 1/2 lemon juiced
- Prepare 2 tsp. hot sauce
- Take (Optional)1 1/2 cups ditalina pasta
- Get Shredded Parmesan cheese
Add everything to the slow cooker except the taco seasoning and salsa, for too much salt and tomatoes prevent the beans from softening. In a colander rinse and inspect beans thoroughly. Pour beans into slow cooker with liquid, onion. Cover with water and soak the beans overnight.
Instructions 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 !
Pour beans into slow cooker with liquid, onion. Cover with water and soak the beans overnight. Just toss the seasoning packet in the trash. Combine onion, garlic, carrots, celery, black pepper, thyme, bay leaf, soy sauce, chicken broth, and diced tomatoes in slow cooker. Remove ham bone and bay leaves from soup, discard.
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