A hearty soup with literally no work!
Don't need to soak the beans or need a ham bone.
20 oz. pkg. of Hurst’s ham beans for 15 Bean Soup (dry beans)
1 lb. cooked ham, diced or 2 (7 oz.) Jones ham steaks
3 carrots, diced
2 stalk celery, diced
1 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 bay leaf
1 t. paprika
½ t. dry thyme
8 c. chicken stock (Kitchen Basics)
Remove seasoning packet from beans and set aside.
Sort any unwanted debris from the beans, then rinse and drain.
Place all ingredients in a 6-quart slow cooker or crockpot. Cook on high 5 to 6-1/2 hours or until beans are tender. Start checking bean tenderness at 5 hours.
Remove bay leaf and stir in seasoning packet from the bean package.