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Bean and Barley Slow Cooker Soup! Noreen’s Kitchen

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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!

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  1. ben harris

    thanx

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  2. theresa bollman

    Gee that loos so good, glad I have a spare ham bone. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. pangeria12

    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.

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  4. skybirdbird

    another yum… but i thought acid made beans not get soft… o.0 i don’t
    soak beans either… 🙂 looks really good noreen!

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  5. Prepping Ewe

    Could you can that soup?

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  6. barbara orr

    that looks so good , i would like to see you do stuffed peppers some day i
    love them

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  7. PUREBUTTERFLYSPIRIT

    everything looks great in this recipe but the ham part i dont eat pork or
    beef, i could make it straight vegitarian. thanks.

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  8. Angie Fuher

    Very nice. Love your website. Perfect printer frindly recipe. Thanks.

    Reply
  9. igeekling

    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.

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  10. Michelle Beato

    I believe she already has!

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  11. babygrils1000

    Love it

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  12. Pam Carballoca

    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

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  13. mustangdaisy

    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:)

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  14. Vicky Jalapeno

    It looks good but where is the recipe I can not find it.

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  15. pangeria12

    Yum going to make this tomorrow.

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  16. Pam Carballoca

    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

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  17. jayel1955

    Beans and barley are perfect together. Great video and love the humor!

    Reply
  18. DebbiAnn2

    This is perfect for the weather here in Ohio! Thanks for sharing

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  19. teegee2010

    jesus that looks amazing!!! thanks for this video. 

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  20. Doreen Crawford

    Noreen, If I made this and froze it, I probably should not put the barley
    in until serving? Yes?

    Reply