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. 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.

That's it and dinner is ready! This soup was a big hit at our house. Can't beat a slow cooker for sure. 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. It's 1 bag of dried hurst 15 bean soup mix with seasoning packet.
2. It's of Optional 👇.
3. It's 1 tsp. of baking soda plus enough water to soak beans overnight.
4. Prepare 2 cups of diced ham or 2 to 3 ham hocks.
5. Prepare 1 of small yellow onion diced.
6. It's 2 of carrots peeled and diced.
7. It's 2 stalks of celery peeled and diced.
8. You need 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. It's 1 tsp. of dried thyme.
13. Prepare 1 of bay leaf.
14. It's 4 cups of water.
15. You need 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. Prepare 1 tsp. of salt.
19. You need 3 cups of chopped kale.
20. It's 1/2 of lemon juiced.
21. It's 2 tsp. of hot sauce.
22. It's of (Optional)1 1/2 cups ditalina pasta.
23. You need of Shredded Parmesan cheese.

I love chilis in the crockpot. 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.

Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta instructions

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 !.

Slow Cooker Ham and Bean soup is the perfect family meal because everyone always loves it; this hearty soup is like a hug in a bowl! Pressure/Slow Cook: Add the soaked beans to the Instant Pot. Sort and rinse beans, then drain. Place in slow cooker with water, sausage, red pepper, onion and garlic. Slow cooker sloppy joes made with beans and beef!