Slow Cooker Bean Soup with Ham, Spinach, and Thyme

This Gradual Cooker Bean Soup with Ham, Spinach, and Thyme will be made cooked dried beans, or use canned beans for those who want.

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Need to know certainly one of my favourite tips for growing the dietary worth of most any sort of soup? Add some greens! Darkish leafy greens are the probably the most nutritious meals per calorie of all of the world’s healthiest meals, and the flavour of leafy greens goes with so many different meals. This Gradual Cooker Bean Soup with Ham, Spinach and Thyme began with leftover ham from Thanksgiving and dried beans within the pantry. As soon as I had the thought in thoughts, all I wanted was a bundle of child spinach and by the tip of the day I had this scrumptious soup.

I took among the soup to my brother Mark and his spouse Lisa, since they’re those who introduced the ham for Thanksgiving. Just a few days later Mark texted me to say the wholesome bean soup was a winner. 

What substances do you want for this soup?

• cooked white beans or canned beans
• canned rooster broth (affiliate hyperlink)
• onion
• Dried Thyme (affiliate hyperlink) or floor thyme
• cooked ham, coarsely chopped
• Goya Ham Taste Focus (affiliate hyperlink), non-obligatory however good
• child spinach
• recent floor black pepper and salt to style (keep in mind ham is salty; this doesn’t want a lot salt)

What different kinds of greens can you utilize?

If you happen to’re not large on spinach, I feel Kale or Swiss Chard would even be scrumptious on this soup.

What measurement Gradual Cooker did I take advantage of?

I made this soup in my 6 quart Ninja Cooker, which isn’t that available any extra, however any kind of Crock-Pot Giant Oval Gradual Cooker (affiliate hyperlink) that’s a minimum of six quarts will likely be tremendous.  If you happen to solely have a smaller gradual cooker, the recipe may actually be minimize in half.

Can this soup be frozen?

This freezes effectively, and also you’ll be glad you’ve some to tug out of the freezer whenever you get house late on a chilly evening.

Learn how to Make Gradual Cooker Bean Soup with Ham, Spinach, and Thyme:

(Scroll down for full recipe plus dietary data.)

1. Cooking your individual dried beans is absolutely probably the most flavorful choice for one of these soup. (I cooked two kilos of beans, then froze half and used half within the soup. Right here’s Learn how to Prepare dinner Dried Beans within the Gradual Cooker or Immediate Pot or for those who haven’t executed it. If cooking dried beans from scratch doesn’t be just right for you, no judgement from me. Simply use 4 cans of white beans!
2. Put 6 cups of cooked beans (4 cans) into a big gradual cooker with 6 cups rooster broth (or use partly ham inventory you probably have some).
3. I ham juice from the underside of the gradual cooker we cooked the ham in, but when I’m utilizing rooster broth for soups with ham, I like so as to add a bit Goya Ham Taste Focus (affiliate hyperlink) to taste the soup.
4. Prepare dinner the beans, onions, dried thyme, and inventory about 2 hours on  excessive. 
5. Then add the chopped ham and cook dinner about 2 hours extra.
6. When the soup has cooked a number of hours and all substances are beginning to style good collectively, chop 5 oz. child spinach (or different greens) and add to the soup. 
7. Prepare dinner 30-45 minutes extra.  (I just like the greens pretty effectively executed.)
8. Season to style with loads of fresh-ground black pepper and a bit salt if wanted. Serve scorching and luxuriate in!

Extra Scrumptious Bean Soups with Greens

Gradual Cooker White Bean and Kale Soup

Tomato Chickpea Soup

White Bean Soup with Ham and Chard

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Low-Carb Food regimen / Low-Glycemic Food regimen / South Seashore Food regimen Recommendations:
Dried beans are thought of a “good carb” for the unique South Seashore Food regimen, and so they’re permitted for all phases of South Seashore. For different forms of low-carb consuming plans, I might make the soup with extra ham and greens and fewer beans, however soup with dried beans might be too excessive in carbs for strict low-carb diets.

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Historic Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe was posted in 2015. It was final up to date with extra data in 2021.

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