Recipe of Ultimate Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta

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

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

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

Instructions 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 !

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