Minted Beans And Ham

Name: Minted Beans And Ham
Ingredients: 1 pound dried Great Northern beans; 1 very meaty ham bone and 2 cups of cubed ham (one inch cubes) Note: If you can't get your hands on a ham bone just add another cup of ham cubes.; 1 large onion; 2 medium carrots; 2 stalks celery; 3 large cloves of peeled garlic; 1 tablespoon dried mint leaves; 1 tablespoon sweet Hungarian paprika; 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes(or less if you're not a heat freak); 6 cups low sodium chicken broth; Salt and pepper to taste (optional)

11 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

1 pound dried Great Northern beans
1 very meaty ham bone and 2 cups of cubed ham (one inch cubes) Note: If you can't get your hands on a ham bone just add another cup of ham cubes.
1 large onion
2 medium carrots
2 stalks celery
3 large cloves of peeled garlic
1 tablespoon dried mint leaves
1 tablespoon sweet Hungarian paprika
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes(or less if you're not a heat freak)
6 cups low sodium chicken broth
Salt and pepper to taste (optional)

Directions

1

The night before making, soak your beans by placing them in a bowl and covering with water. The next day drain and rinse them before starting your soup.
2

Place the soaked beens in a six quart slow cooker. Chop the onion, carrots and celery in large pieces and place them in a food processor along with the garlic cloves and process until the mixture is finer than a small dice. Stir this into the beans.
3

Stir the mint, paprika and crushed red pepper into the chicken broth. Add the ham and ham bone to the beans and pour the broth mixture over.
4

Set your slow cooker on low for 8 hours and enjoy your day. Once the eight hours has elapsed, check to make sure your beans are nice and creamy. Remove the ham bone from the pot to cool a bit and then remove the meat from it and return (the meat) to the pot.
5

Scoop out about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of the beans, place in a shallow bowl and take a fork and smash them until creamy. Return the beans to the pot. Taste to see if you need to season with salt and/or pepper.