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Greetings! Another crock pot meal is in order for this busy day. I also had a ham bone taking up some room in my freezer and I know just what to do with it! This hearty 15 bean and ham soup starts with a bag or 2 cups of mixed beans for soup and then we built it from there with what we had on hand. 1 large meaty ham bone, seasonings, spices, chicken bullion, aromatic veggies and a cup full of barley thrown in about an hour before we wanted to eat. This made a ton of soup. Easily enough for 8 to 10 people, maybe more if you served a salad and bread on the side! You could surely feed a crowd if you knew just how to stretch this! As for us, we at this on Sunday evening and will eat it again on Friday evening and then most likely have leftovers still for lunch next week.
This is super budget friendly as well as pantry friendly and can be easily adapted as a food storage recipe. Don’t have a ham bone? No problem use a jar of your home canned ham, sausage or bacon. You can throw in any kind of protein, like a can of chunked chicken for instance. Use lots of flavorings, like spices, herbs and bullion and in the end you will end up with a super flavorful dish that will be fit for family and friends!
Adding barley to the beans makes for a perfect protein that is high in whole grains and low on the Glycemic index.
I hope you give this easy, slow cooked meal a try on a busy day or any day you feel like being lazy in the kitchen and I hope you love it!
Noreen, If I made this and froze it, I probably should not put the barley
in until serving? Yes?
jesus that looks amazing!!! thanks for this video.
This is perfect for the weather here in Ohio! Thanks for sharing
Beans and barley are perfect together. Great video and love the humor!
I had an elderly neighbor that had basically adopted me I ran over there
told her what I had done she laughed and gave me her 5qt pot to finish my
beans that night I brought her pot back with a big bowl of beans to go with
it…I dont think I have ever made a pot of beans since without thinking of
her and how she saved my beans that day
Yum going to make this tomorrow.
It looks good but where is the recipe I can not find it.
Ah..I have a ham bone in my freezer and I bought a 15 or 16 bean soup mix
and thanks to you I now know what to do with it ..thank-you so much I cant
wait to make it:)
i’ve never soaked my beans either….True story I was about 21 and decided
I wanted a pot of beans so I got out my 2qt pot my biggest pot at that time
put my ham hock in it cut up an onion threw that in and a whole POUND of
beans added water well you know what happen once the beans started to
swell…lol
Love it
I believe she already has!
Certain raw beans contain Phytohaemagglutinin. Which causes not so much
intestinal discomfort as accute food poisioning as it is quite toxic to
humans. But is destroyed by heat – 100C internal temperature of the bean
for 10 min is enough. That’s the reason why crockpots usually aren’t
usually reccomended to cook beans in. Some crockpots only get hot enough to
cook the beans. But not enough to make them not induce projectile womiting.
Very nice. Love your website. Perfect printer frindly recipe. Thanks.
everything looks great in this recipe but the ham part i dont eat pork or
beef, i could make it straight vegitarian. thanks.
that looks so good , i would like to see you do stuffed peppers some day i
love them
Could you can that soup?
another yum… but i thought acid made beans not get soft… o.0 i don’t
soak beans either… 🙂 looks really good noreen!
No ham bone but making this in the morning. I will add a ham steak instead.
Threw out my ham bone at Christmas……not again. Great tip.
Gee that loos so good, glad I have a spare ham bone. Thanks for sharing.
thanx