Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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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.
To begin with this recipe, we must 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 that.
The ingredients needed to make Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta:
- Get 1 bag dried hurst 15 bean soup mix with seasoning packet
- Take Optional š
- Take 1 tsp. baking soda plus enough water to soak beans overnight
- Prepare 2 cups diced ham or 2 to 3 ham hocks
- Take 1 small yellow onion diced
- Get 2 carrots peeled and diced
- Take 2 stalks celery peeled and diced
- Prepare 1 Tbsp. garlic minced
- Take 1/4 cup butter
- Get 2 tsp. dried basil
- Get 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- Take 1 tsp. dried thyme
- Make ready 1 bay leaf
- Take 4 cups water
- Prepare 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
- Get 1 (14.5 oz) can Italian flavored diced tomatoes or use petite >
- Take tomatoes with 1 tsp. Italian seasonings mixed in
- Take 1 tsp. salt
- Prepare 3 cups chopped kale
- Take 1/2 lemon juiced
- Take 2 tsp. hot sauce
- Prepare (Optional)1 1/2 cups ditalina pasta
- Prepare Shredded Parmesan cheese
Just toss the seasoning packet in the trash. The next morning chop the vegetables. The slow, even heat is ideal, especially for larger dried beans, and it cooks canned bean combinations to perfection. Plus, you can take the slow cooker with your bean dish along to a party or potluck and plug it in for serving.
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 !
If your water is a bit hard or you have trouble with dry beans softening in the slow cooker, try adding some baking. 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! Serve ladled over a piece of buttered cornbread and it's sheer comfort with each and every bite. One of the best ways to guarantee perfectly cooked beans ā ones that emerge creamy and tender instead of crunchy or mushy ā is cooking them ever so gently over low, steady heat. Hmm ā¦ low and steady heat, you say?
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