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

Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta. Well, yes - but that honestly depends on your diet and nutrition goals. I've listed the nutrition under the recipe card, but briefly - bean soup is a great source. Buffalo chicken is one of our favorite things to make in the slow cooker, why not make it into a soup?

Not all slow cookers cook the same so cooking time might vary. That's it and dinner is ready! This soup was a big hit at our house. You can have Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta using 23 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve 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. You need of Optional 👇.
3. It's 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. You need 1 of small yellow onion diced.
6. It's 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. You need 1/4 cup of butter.
10. You need 2 tsp. of dried basil.
11. Prepare 1/2 tsp. of black pepper.
12. Prepare 1 tsp. of dried thyme.
13. It's 1 of bay leaf.
14. You need 4 cups of water.
15. Prepare 4 cups of low sodium chicken broth.
16. It's 1 (14.5 oz) of can Italian flavored diced tomatoes or use petite >.
17. It's of tomatoes with 1 tsp. Italian seasonings mixed in.
18. You need 1 tsp. of salt.
19. It's 3 cups of chopped kale.
20. Prepare 1/2 of lemon juiced.
21. It's 2 tsp. of hot sauce.
22. You need of (Optional)1 1/2 cups ditalina pasta.
23. You need of Shredded Parmesan cheese.

Can't beat a slow cooker for sure. I love chilis in the crockpot. I actually remember her making it on New Years because it has black-eyed peas and ham in it Also, I made this in both the slow cooker and the Instant Pot/ pressure cooker. There is a time and place for both, in my opinion.

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 !.

If you're wanting to make dried beans for dinner but you're in a hurry you can make them fairly quickly. These slow cooker baked beans cook low and slow for six to eight hours. After six hours, begin tasting the beans for doneness and go ahead and add the salt. The beans are done when they are creamy throughout and the sauce is richly thick. Sort and rinse beans, then drain.