15 Bean Soup Crock Pot

By jenlin

Ingredients

• 1 pkg 15 Bean Soup
• 8 cups water (use chicken, beef, or vegetable broth for added flavor)
• 1 lb. ham hock
• 1 lg. onion, diced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tsp chili powder (optional)
• 1 can tomatoes (15 oz.)
• Juice from 1 lemon
• Optional: Hot sauce or crushed red pepper to taste

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 340mins

Preparation

Step 1

Rinse beans and check for any unwanted debris and discard.
Drain and place in a slow cooker with 8 cups of water, onions, meat or hambone, garlic and chili powder. (Not tomato or lemon juice yet!)

After the beans are tender, remove the hambone (leave any ham in the pot), stir in the can of tomatoes, our Ham Flavor packet, and the lemon juice.

Cook for additional 30 minutes then keep warm until ready to serve.

We recommend to serve with a freshly baked slice of corn bread! You can also serve over rice as well.

As with all dry bean recipes, it's best to wait until AFTER the beans have become tender or fully cooked before adding any acidic ingredients like tomatoes, citrus, vinegars, etc.

Variations on the recipe will work for almost all of Hurst's HamBeens items.

If you prefer a more "brothy" soup, add an extra cup of liquid when preparing