How to Make Appetizing Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta

Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta. Works great with a leftover ham bone after the holidays! In a colander or sieve, rinse beans thoroughly. Sort and inspect for any unwanted debris and discard.

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! This is one of our favorite meals and just about everyone I know goes crazy over it. The tomatoes and the chicken broth give the beans such a great flavor. 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.

Ingredients of Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta

1. Prepare 1 bag of dried hurst 15 bean soup mix with seasoning packet.
2. It's of Optional 👇.
3. You need 1 tsp. of baking soda plus enough water to soak beans overnight.
4. You need 2 cups of diced ham or 2 to 3 ham hocks.
5. Prepare 1 of small yellow onion diced.
6. Prepare 2 of carrots peeled and diced.
7. You need 2 stalks of celery peeled and diced.
8. It's 1 Tbsp. of garlic minced.
9. It's 1/4 cup of butter.
10. You need 2 tsp. of dried basil.
11. You need 1/2 tsp. of black pepper.
12. Prepare 1 tsp. of dried thyme.
13. Prepare 1 of bay leaf.
14. Prepare 4 cups of water.
15. It's 4 cups of low sodium chicken broth.
16. Prepare 1 (14.5 oz) of can Italian flavored diced tomatoes or use petite >.
17. You need of tomatoes with 1 tsp. Italian seasonings mixed in.
18. Prepare 1 tsp. of salt.
19. You need 3 cups of chopped kale.
20. You need 1/2 of lemon juiced.
21. You need 2 tsp. of hot sauce.
22. You need of (Optional)1 1/2 cups ditalina pasta.
23. Prepare of Shredded Parmesan cheese.

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. Cover with water and soak the beans overnight. Just toss the seasoning packet in the trash.

Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta step by step

1. 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..
2. If you soaked the beans give them a quick rinse and add to slow cooker.
3. Add in ham, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, butter, basil, thyme, pepper, bay leaf, broth and water.
4. Cover slow cooker and don't open lid while cooking. Set on high for 8 hours.
5. 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 !.

Combine onion, garlic, carrots, celery, black pepper, thyme, bay leaf, soy sauce, chicken broth, and diced tomatoes in slow cooker. If you use a ham steak cube it. 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. One of the best ways to guarantee perfectly cooked beans — ones that emerge creamy and tender instead of crunchy or mushy — is cooking them ever so gently over low, steady heat.