Recipe: Tasty Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta

Recipe: Tasty Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta. Works great with a leftover ham bone after the holidays! See cooking tips below the recipe for more info. Heat a large skillet over medium heat.

Full of spice and flavor, great topped with cheese and chips on the side.

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!

Cover with water and soak the beans overnight.

You can cook 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 of dried hurst 15 bean soup mix with seasoning packet.

2. You need of Optional 👇.

3. Prepare of baking soda plus enough water to soak beans overnight.

4. Prepare of diced ham or 2 to 3 ham hocks.

5. It’s of small yellow onion diced.

6. You need of carrots peeled and diced.

7. It’s of celery peeled and diced.

8. It’s of garlic minced.

9. You need of butter.

10. You need of dried basil.

11. It’s of black pepper.

12. It’s of dried thyme.

13. Prepare of bay leaf.

14. You need of water.

15. Prepare of low sodium chicken broth.

16. You need of can Italian flavored diced tomatoes or use petite >.

17. You need of tomatoes with 1 tsp. Italian seasonings mixed in.

18. Prepare of salt.

19. You need of chopped kale.

20. It’s of lemon juiced.

21. Prepare of hot sauce.

22. You need of (Optional)1 1/2 cups ditalina pasta.

23. It’s of Shredded Parmesan cheese.

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.

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.

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 its 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 dont 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. Its also great with buttered cornbread on the side. Enjoy !.

Serve with long grain rice and/or corn bread.

I hope you enjoy this recipe and have a great weekend.

Sort out any debris from the beans and discard.

Rinse the beans and add them to the slow cooker.

You can save the ham seasoning packet that is included in the package for another recipe, you won't need it in this recipe.