Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare 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 bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Works great with a leftover ham bone after the holidays! Transfer ham hock to a cutting board, remove meat from bone, and return meat to slow cooker. Season with salt and fresh ground pepper to taste. Add everything to the slow cooker except the taco seasoning and salsa, for too much salt and tomatoes prevent the beans from softening.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. 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:
- Prepare 1 bag dried hurst 15 bean soup mix with seasoning packet
- Get Optional 👇
- Take 1 tsp. baking soda plus enough water to soak beans overnight
- Take 2 cups diced ham or 2 to 3 ham hocks
- Make ready 1 small yellow onion diced
- Prepare 2 carrots peeled and diced
- Take 2 stalks celery peeled and diced
- Take 1 Tbsp. garlic minced
- Take 1/4 cup butter
- Prepare 2 tsp. dried basil
- Take 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- Prepare 1 tsp. dried thyme
- Take 1 bay leaf
- Prepare 4 cups water
- Take 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
- Get (Optional)1 1/2 cups ditalina pasta
- Prepare Shredded Parmesan cheese
Just toss the seasoning packet in the trash. I hope you enjoy this recipe and have a great weekend. Add the meat to the slow cooker. While the meat is browning, you'll want to dice up your onion.
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 !
Add the meat to the slow cooker. While the meat is browning, you'll want to dice up your onion. Serve ladled over a piece of buttered corn bread and it's sheer comfort with each and every bite. Guaranteed to warm you up on a cold day this hearty soup is both inexpensive and filling. Remove the seasoning packet, rinse the beans and pick through them to make sure they are clean before adding them to the slow cooker.
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