Easy Crock Pot Ham Lima Bean Soup Food

SLOW COOKER HAM AND BEAN SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Rinse and drain beans and place them in the bottom of a large (8-quart) slow cooker. Add all remaining ingredients and stir.
• Cover and cook on low for 7 to 8 hours or until the beans are tender.
• Season to taste as needed with salt and pepper. Serve hot with a hunk of warm bread.

OLD FASHIONED CROCK POT LIMA BEANS AND HAM

Steps:

• Place beans in your slow cooker.
• Add ham hocks and onion.
• Add broth and any water needed to bring the waterline 2 inches above the beans.
• Stir in seasonings.
• Cook on HIGH for 2 hours then turn to LOW for 4 more hours or until the beans are tender.

SLOW COOKER HAM AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place 15-bean soup mix in a large bowl and cover with several inches of cool water; soak in refrigerator 8 hours to overnight. Drain and rinse.
• Place 15-bean soup mix, ham bone, cooked ham, chicken broth, water, onion, carrots, great Northern beans, garlic, black pepper, salt, and bay leaf in a slow cooker; stir to combine. Cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours.

DAD'S LIMA BEAN SOUP WITH HAM BONE

Steps:

• Place beans in a large pot; cover with 2 inches water. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand for 1 to 2 hours. Drain and rinse. Transfer beans to another container.
• Combine ham bone and 8 cups water in a large saucepan. Simmer over medium-low heat until remaining meat falls off the bone, about 2 hours. Remove and discard bone. Use a slotted spoon to transfer meat to a bowl.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add celery and onion; cook and stir until onion is translucent, 7 to 10 minutes. Add cooked ham bone meat, lima beans, and diced ham. Reduce heat and simmer, adding additional water as needed, until soup is thickened to desired consistency, about 90 minutes.
• Stir carrots, salt, pepper, and parsley into the soup. Let simmer until carrots are soft, about 30 minutes more.

HAM & LIMA SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Soak beans overnight however you like, I prefer the stove top/oven method (see Soaked and Cooked Tender Beans). Drain and put aside. Now if you are in a hurry, 4 -15 ounce cans will do, just be sure to rinse well.
• 2. In a large stockpot, simmer the ham bone in the stock along with the bay leaves, thyme and oregano for at least a couple of hours, the longer the better. It is ready when the meat falls off. Remove bone and ham from the pot and place on a platter discarding the bone. When cool to touch, shred or tear the ham into bite size pieces. Put aside.
• 3. In a skillet, fry the bacon until fully cooked. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add onion, celery, garlic and carrots to bacon grease and sauté over medium heat until onions are translucent. Remove vegetables with the slotted spoon and add to the stockpot.
• 4. Add the limas, ham to the pot and bring to a boil. Add the potatoes, bacon, salt and pepper to taste, and bring back to a boil. Skim off any foam that rises to the top. Reduce to a slow simmer; cover and cook on low for about 45 minutes or until beans are tender and begin to break down.
• 5. I serve it with cornbread...mmmm!
• 6. Soak and cook beans: I prepare dried beans two ways. When I think ahead I cook them in a slow cooker overnight with seasonings, on a warm setting and then a few hours the next day on low. Or if I forget, I use the stove-top/oven method that does the same in a couple of hours. The oven seems to work better than using just the stove, making a faster, tender pot of beans. Here's how: cover the washed beans with about 2-inches of water in a dutch oven with a tight fitting lid. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Add your seasonings and heat on the stove over high heat until the water just starts to simmer. Place in the oven and cook for 90 minutes. Stir and check the tenderness of the beans. If needed, cook another 15 minutes or until beans are tender for your recipe. Drain and you're ready to go.

CROCK POT BEAN SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Put the beans in a colander and rinse thoroughly. Pick over and discard any malformed or damaged beans and look for small stones.
• Combine beans, ham bone, water, chopped onion, garlic or garlic powder, and the bay leaf in the slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on high for 1 hour.
• Turn to low and cook 6 to 8 hours longer, or until beans are tender.
• Season with lemon juice, honey or brown sugar, salt, and pepper, to taste.
• Remove ham bone; chop meat and return to crockpot.
• Remove bay leaf before serving.
• Enjoy!

EASY CROCK POT HAM & LIMA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Put everything into crock pot & stir.
• Cook on low 4-6 hours.
• At serving time you can use a potato masher, slotted spoon or a fork (if you want to do it right in the serving bowl) to mash up some of the potatoes and thicken the soup a bit.

EASY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients into a large pot and cook on medium heat for 2 hours.
• Turn heat to low and cook for an additional hour or until carrots and celery are soft.
• It can be kept on very low eat until ready to eat.