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

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

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

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 !.