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To begin with this particular 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 can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta:
- Take 1 bag dried hurst 15 bean soup mix with seasoning packet
- Make ready Optional 👇
- Get 1 tsp. baking soda plus enough water to soak beans overnight
- Prepare 2 cups diced ham or 2 to 3 ham hocks
- Get 1 small yellow onion diced
- Make ready 2 carrots peeled and diced
- Prepare 2 stalks celery peeled and diced
- Make ready 1 Tbsp. garlic minced
- Take 1/4 cup butter
- Get 2 tsp. dried basil
- Get 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- Make ready 1 tsp. dried thyme
- Make ready 1 bay leaf
- Take 4 cups water
- Take 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
- Make ready 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
- Make ready Shredded Parmesan cheese
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. Check to see if the beans are tender. After the beans are tender, remove the hambone (leave any ham in the pot), stir in the lemon juice and crushed red pepper flakes.
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 !
Cook the bacon for a few minutes, then add onions, carrots, and cabbage. Transfer the mixture to the slow cooker, and add beans, tomatoes, and sage. 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. The slow, even heat is ideal, especially for larger dried beans, and it cooks canned bean combinations to perfection.
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