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

Cover with water and soak the beans overnight. Just toss the seasoning packet in the trash. The next morning chop the vegetables. 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. You need of Optional 👇.
3. Prepare 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. Prepare 2 stalks of celery peeled and diced.
8. Prepare 1 Tbsp. of garlic minced.
9. You need 1/4 cup of butter.
10. Prepare 2 tsp. of dried basil.
11. You need 1/2 tsp. of black pepper.
12. Prepare 1 tsp. of dried thyme.
13. You need 1 of bay leaf.
14. It's 4 cups of water.
15. Prepare 4 cups of low sodium chicken broth.
16. You need 1 (14.5 oz) of can Italian flavored diced tomatoes or use petite >.
17. You need of tomatoes with 1 tsp. Italian seasonings mixed in.
18. You need 1 tsp. of salt.
19. You need 3 cups of chopped kale.
20. You need 1/2 of lemon juiced.
21. You need 2 tsp. of hot sauce.
22. It's of (Optional)1 1/2 cups ditalina pasta.
23. You need of Shredded Parmesan cheese.

Add the ham hock, beans, celery onion, bay leaves, garlic, thyme, chicken broth, salt, and pepper to the slow cooker. Place in slow cooker with water, sausage, red pepper, onion and garlic. Stir in tomatoes, flavoring packet from bean mix, and lemon juice. 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 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 !.

Add the meat to the slow cooker. While the meat is browning, you'll want to dice up your onion. Halve beans if they are large, place in a slow cooker with water to barely cover, and add onion and ham hocks. Cover, and cook on High until simmering. Serve ladled over a piece of buttered cornbread and it's sheer comfort with each and every bite.