Ham and Beans and More

Name: Ham and Beans and More
Prep time: 14 h 30 min
Cook time: 14 h 30 min
Total time: 14 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 slices bacon; 2 bay leaves; 1 Tbsp butter; 59 milliliters celery, chopped; 946 milliliters chicken stock; 454 grams cooked ham, cut into bite-size pieces; 454 grams dried Great Northern beans, sorted and rinsed; 1 teaspoon dried parsley; 1 teaspoons garlic powder; 0 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 pinch fresh ground black pepper to taste; 2 leeks (bulb only), cut in half lengthwise; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 small onion, chopped; 1 pinch sea salt to taste; 946 milliliters water

Need a gluten free main course? Ham and Beans and More could be an excellent recipe to try. This recipe makes 8 servings with 400 calories, 27g of protein, and 13g of fat each. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 14 hours and 30 minutes. If you have super northern beans, celery, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the sea salt you could follow this main course with the Raspberry Sea Salt Brownies as a dessert.

Instructions

Place the beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 8 hours to overnight.

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Beans

Water

Drain and rinse before using.

Combine the soaked beans, 4 cups of water, celery, onion, bay leaves, cumin, garlic powder, and parsley into a slow cooker.

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Garlic Powder

Bay Leaves

Parsley

Celery

Beans

Cumin

Onion

Water

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Slow Cooker

Melt the butter with the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir the leeks in the butter mixture until tender and the smaller pieces start to brown, 8 to 10 minutes.

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Olive Oil

Butter

Leek

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Frying Pan

Transfer the leeks to the slow cooker. In the same pan, cook and stir the ham until the edges start to brown; stir into the soup.

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Leek

Soup

Ham

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Slow Cooker

Frying Pan

Place the bacon into the hot skillet, and pan-fry until the bacon is crisp, about 10 minutes.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Cut the bacon into bite-size pieces and stir into the soup.

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Bacon

Soup

Pour the chicken stock into the hot skillet, and stir to dissolve any brown flavor bits from the skillet; pour the chicken stock into the soup. Season with sea salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Chicken Stock

Soup

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Frying Pan

Set the cooker to Low cook the soup until the beans are very tender, 6 to 8 hours. Roughly mash about half the beans with a potato masher to thicken the soup.

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Potato