Easiest Way to Make Favorite Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta using 23 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta:

1. Prepare 1 bag dried hurst 15 bean soup mix with seasoning packet
2. Prepare Optional 👇
3. Prepare 1 tsp. baking soda plus enough water to soak beans overnight
4. Take 2 cups diced ham or 2 to 3 ham hocks
5. Prepare 1 small yellow onion diced
6. Take 2 carrots peeled and diced
7. Make ready 2 stalks celery peeled and diced
8. Take 1 Tbsp. garlic minced
9. Prepare 1/4 cup butter
10. Take 2 tsp. dried basil
11. Take 1/2 tsp. black pepper
12. Take 1 tsp. dried thyme
13. Get 1 bay leaf
14. Take 4 cups water
15. Prepare 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
16. Take 1 (14.5 oz) can Italian flavored diced tomatoes or use petite >
17. Prepare tomatoes with 1 tsp. Italian seasonings mixed in
18. Make ready 1 tsp. salt
19. Prepare 3 cups chopped kale
20. Take 1/2 lemon juiced
21. Prepare 2 tsp. hot sauce
22. Prepare (Optional)1 1/2 cups ditalina pasta
23. Prepare Shredded Parmesan cheese

In a colander rinse and inspect beans thoroughly. Pour beans into slow cooker with liquid, onion, meat, garlic, and chili powder. 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! Transfer ham hock to a cutting board, remove meat from bone, and return meat to slow cooker.

Steps to make Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta:

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 !

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! Transfer ham hock to a cutting board, remove meat from bone, and return meat to slow cooker. Cover with water and soak the beans overnight. Just toss the seasoning packet in the trash. This is one of our favorite meals and just about everyone I know goes crazy over it.

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