Crock Pot 15 Bean Soup Recipe

Crock Pot 15 Bean Soup is a perfect meal. This no soak bean soup recipe is easy to make and freezes well.

Overhead closeup photo of a bowl of bean soup.

Made with a bag of Hurst 15 Bean Soup dry beans and no soaking needed this crock pot soup recipe is delicious.

When you walk in the door and the delicious aroma greets you after a long day you might just eat dinner right then because this Crock Pot 15 Bean Soup recipe is delicious and smells amazing while it is slow cooking!

Crock Pot Soup Recipes

Crock Pot Soup recipes are the perfect winter time meal.

You can set the slow cooker to cook this bean soup recipe on low overnight and have a delicious and nutritious hot bean soup ready for lunch.

Or you can start it first thing in the morning and have dinner ready when you get home from work.

Crock Pot Hurst Bean Soup recipe in a brown bowl served with crackers.

Recipe Ingredients

You will need a bag of 15 bean soup, a pound of pork sausage, an onion, fresh garlic cloves, canned diced tomatoes, dried bay leaves, salt, black pepper, dried oregano, and chicken broth.

Let's Make Soup

To begin you will brown one pound of pork sausage, breaking it into crumbles as you cook it. Drain the sausage well before putting it into a 6 to 8 quart slow cooker.

To save a few minutes while you are cooking the sausage you can open the bag of beans (set the seasoning package aside) and pour them into a colander. Rinse the dried beans under cold running water. Pick through the dried beans and remove any debris you may find.

Pour the rinsed beans into the crock pot with the browned sausage.

Add the diced onion, minced garlic and the can of undrained diced tomatoes to the slow cooker.

Next add the bay leaves, salt, pepper, oregano and the packet of ham soup seasoning to the slow cooker.

Pour the chicken broth into the crock pot and stir the ingredients to combine.

Place the lid on the crock pot and cook on high for 7-8 hours or until the beans are tender.

How long does it take to cook green beans in a crockpot on high?

One pound of fresh green beans will cook in four hours on high in the crock pot.

Can you overcook green beans in the crockpot?

Yes, any vegetable can overcook in a slow cooker if it is cook for too long. Check the green beans at the recommended time. If they need to cook longer continue to cook them but check on them frequently.

Can you make canned green beans with bacon in the crock pot?

Yes, you can substitute canned green beans for fresh green beans but keep in mind the canned have already been cooked. You will need to adjust the slow cooker time. Decrease the cooking time by half when using canned beans.

Do you have to soak dry beans before cooking in crock pot?

Un-soaked dried beans can be cooked in the crock pot. Cook them on high for 7 to 8 hours for large beans or 4 to 5 hours on high for small beans.

How long do you cook dried beans in a crockpot?

Dried beans can take from 4 to 8 or more hours to cook in a crock pot. Small lentils will cook in about 4 hours. Large beans like navy beans or kidney beans can take from 8 to 10 hours to cook in a crock pot.

Recipe Expert Tips

Dried Beans: Dry beans can be cooked in the slow cooker and turn out tender.
Ground meat: I used a roll of pork sausage for this soup. I like using ground meat in my bean soup recipes. You can use, ground beef, ground turkey, ground chicken or ground pork. Each type of meat will add it's own flavors to the soup recipe.

I thought they might overcook but I was very pleasantly surprised to see that all of the dry beans kept their shape after the long hours of slow cooking.

a brown bowl with crock pot hurst 15 bean soup served with crackers on a orange placemat

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