Slow Cooker Bean Soup with Ham, Spinach, and Thyme Recipe
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Imade this soup in my 6 quart Ninja Cooker. If you only have a smaller slow cooker, the recipe could certainly be cut in half.
Ingredients:
6 cups cooked white beans (about 1 lb. dried beans, cooked, or 4 cans beans, 15 oz. size can)
6 cups ham stock or chicken stock ( broth)
1 large onion, chopped
2 tsp. dried thyme
2-3 cups cooked ham, coarsely chopped
1-2 packets Goya Ham Flavor Concentrate (optional)
5 oz. package baby spinach
fresh ground black pepper and salt to taste (remember ham is salty; this doesn't need much salt)
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Directions:For a 6 quart Ninja Cooker. If you only have a smaller slow cooker, the recipe could certainly be cut in half.
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If you're starting with dried beans and cooking them in the slow cooker, you might want to read How to Cook Dried Beans in a CrockPot. (Soaking beans overnight will slightly shorten the cooking time, but they can also be cooked without soaking.)
Put 1 lb. dried white beans in a colander, rinse the beans and pick through to be sure there are no stones or broken pieces. Put beans into the slow cooker with enough water to cover by about 2 inches. Cook beans on HIGH until they're soft, about 3-4 hours for soaked beans or 5-6 hours for q beans. (Cooking time will be determined largely by how fresh the beans are, so older beans take longer to cook and fresher ones will cook a little more quickly.) Drain beans and discard the cooking water.
Put cooked beans, ham or chicken stock, chopped onion, and dried thyme into the slow cooker and cook on HIGH about 2 hours.
After 2 hours coarsely chop the ham and add to the slow cooker (with a little Goya Ham Flavor Concentrate if desired.) Cook on HIGH about 2 hours more.
Chop the spinach and add to the soup. Cook on high 30-45 minutes more. Season soup to taste with fresh-ground black pepper and salt. (Remember ham is salty so you won't need much salt.) Serve hot.
This freezes well, and you'll be glad you have some to pull out of the freezer when you get home late on a cold night. |
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Notes: This calls for certain brand of Ham flavor but I use what I have and it calls for a certain cooker but I cook on the stove in a regular pot plus I added Kale with the spinach ( I copied this from another person and she gives directions to beginners so that is why there is directions how to cook dry beans )
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