Great Northern Bean N Ham Soup / Crock Pot

Name: Great Northern Bean N Ham Soup / Crock Pot
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 6 h
Total time: 6 h 15 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 lb dry northern beans; 1 hambone w/ meat or 2 ham hocks; extra ham, chopped of not a lot on your bone or hocks ( i didn't have a lot of ham on my bone, so added cubed ham i had in the freezer); 2 carrots, sliced; 2 sweet onions, chopped; 2 stalk(s) celery, sliced; 6 clove garlic, sliced; 2 bay leaves; 1/2 - 1 Tbsp dried thyme; 1 tsp pepper; 1 tsp onion powder; 2 Tbsp chopped parsley; 1/2 tsp ground cloves; 6 c chicken broth; 5 c water; 2 Tbsp chicken bouillon paste; taste before adding salt at the end

By Cassie *
@1lovetocook1x

Love the creaminess of Northern beans...love this soup as well...this is how I used up the ham bone from Easter...Enjoy!

Rating:

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Serves:

Prep:

15 Min

Cook:

6 Hr

Method:

Slow Cooker Crock Pot

Ingredients

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2 lb

dry northern beans
1

hambone w/ meat or 2 ham hocks
extra

ham, chopped of not a lot on your bone or hocks ( i didn't have a lot of ham on my bone, so added cubed ham i had in the freezer)
2

carrots, sliced
2

sweet onions, chopped
2 stalk(s)

celery, sliced
6 clove

garlic, sliced
2

bay leaves
1/2 - 1 Tbsp

dried thyme
1 tsp

pepper
1 tsp

onion powder
2 Tbsp

chopped parsley
1/2 tsp

ground cloves
6 c

chicken broth
5 c

water
2 Tbsp

chicken bouillon paste
taste

before adding salt at the end

How to Make Great Northern Bean N Ham Soup / Crock Pot

Step-by-Step

Place your beans in a large bowl; cover with water and soak overnight. After soaking, pick through and discard any stones or shriveled beans. Rinse thoroughly and place in an 8 quart crock pot.

Add all remaining ingredients except for the chopped ham, unless you aren't using a bone. I just use the bone and its meat for cooking, then add other cubed ham at the end.
Once all ingredients are added; stir as best as you can - mainly to mix in the bouillon. Place on the lid. Turn pot on low and cook for 6 - 8 hours or on high for 4 - 5 1/2 hours; or until the bean are creamy. All pots cook differently. I started mine on low for the first 4 hours, then turned to high for another 3 1/2 hours...was perfect..