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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.
To begin with this recipe, we have to 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 it.
The ingredients needed to make Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta:
- Get 1 bag dried hurst 15 bean soup mix with seasoning packet
- Get Optional 👇
- Get 1 tsp. baking soda plus enough water to soak beans overnight
- Get 2 cups diced ham or 2 to 3 ham hocks
- Prepare 1 small yellow onion diced
- Make ready 2 carrots peeled and diced
- Make ready 2 stalks celery peeled and diced
- Make ready 1 Tbsp. garlic minced
- Get 1/4 cup butter
- Take 2 tsp. dried basil
- Take 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- Make ready 1 tsp. dried thyme
- Make ready 1 bay leaf
- Prepare 4 cups water
- Make ready 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
- Get 1 (14.5 oz) can Italian flavored diced tomatoes or use petite >
- Make ready tomatoes with 1 tsp. Italian seasonings mixed in
- Prepare 1 tsp. salt
- Make ready 3 cups chopped kale
- Get 1/2 lemon juiced
- Make ready 2 tsp. hot sauce
- Make ready (Optional)1 1/2 cups ditalina pasta
- Prepare Shredded Parmesan cheese
Cover with water and soak the beans overnight. Just toss the seasoning packet in the trash. The next morning chop the vegetables. Add the ham hock, beans, celery onion, bay leaves, garlic, thyme, chicken broth, salt, and pepper to the slow cooker.
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 !
This recipe uses Andouille sausage for a little added kick, but you can substitute any kind of smoked sausage if you prefer a little less heat. Serve with long grain rice and/or corn bread. Be sure to wait until beans are fully cooked and tender before adding tomatoes or lemon juice. Can substitute water or other broths instead of chicken. Any kind of sausage, beef, or chicken works great as well.
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