Serve this old-fashioned and frugal recipe for Crock-Pot Ham and Beans with homemade cornbread for a winter meal that really hits the spot on a cold day!
Slow Cooker Ham and Beans
A reader submitted recipe from Krista Marshall at Everydaymomsmeals. Thanks Krista!
This recipe for Crock-Pot Ham and Beans is a classic. It really just hits the spot on a cold day and is super frugal too. Beans and ham and simmered in the slow cooker along with some carrots and onion and then everything is thickened up at the end for a rib sticking dish.
Perfect served with some homemade cornbread!
Equipment Needed For Crock-Pot Ham and Beans Recipe:
- 6 Quart, 6.5 Quart Or 7 Quart Slow Cooker
- Knife
- Cutting Board
- Measuring Spoons
- Liquid Measuring Cup
- Colander
- Ladle
- Small Bowl
Frequently Asked Questions
You can use just about any variety of dried beans in this recipe. Although great northern beans are standard for this recipe other beans will work too. I have made this soup with navy beans and pinto beans too and the soup comes out fantastic!
The all-purpose flour that is called for in this recipe is used as a thickener. So, if you are on a gluten-free diet you have a couple options to make this soup gluten-free such as…
– Use a gluten-free flour thickener such as cornstarch, tapioca flour or xanthan gum.
– Omit the thickener all-together and have a little bit runnier soup. Still tasty!
– Scoop out some of the beans and liquid and puree them in a blender, add the bean puree back into the slow cooker and stir. This will create a creamy broth that is slightly thickened.
Yes, if you would like to use canned beans instead of dried beans just omit the soaking of the dried beans overnight part of the recipe and decrease the cooking time down to about 4 hours. Since your canned beans are already cooked you just need to cook the soup long enough to cook the vegetables until they are tender.
Special Diets
High Fiber | Low Fat | Low Sugar
This recipe for Crock-Pot Ham and Beans is Weight Watchers Friendly on the new Personal Points plan. You can see the WW personal points for this recipe here on the Weight Watchers website. Click here for MORE of our Weight Watchers Recipes
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Crock-Pot Ham and Beans Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Pound Dried Great Northern Beans
- 2 Medium Carrots (Finely Diced)
- 2 Ribs Celery (Finely Diced)
- 1 Medium Yellow Onion (Peeled And Finely Diced)
- ½ Tablespoon Kosher Salt
- ½ Tablespoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
- 1 Pound Ham (Cut Into Bite Sized Chunks)
- 5 Cups Water
- 3 Tablespoons All-Purpose Flour
Instructions
- Sort beans to remove any dried beans and/or stones and then soak in enough water to cover the beans overnight or for 8 hours.
- Drain beans in a colander and rinse under cool water.
- Place beans in a 6 quart or larger slow cooker.
- Add diced carrots, celery, onion, salt, pepper and water to beans in the slow cooker and stir quickly to combine.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 1 hour.
- Lower heat to LOW and continue to cook for 6 hours.
- Using a ladle, spoon some of the liquid out in to a small bowl and whisk in the flour until there are no lumps.
- Pour flour mixture back into soup and turn slow cooker to HIGH, recover slow cooker and cook for 1 additional hour until soup has thickened.
- Ladle soup into bowl and enjoy!
Nutrition
Um, when do I add the ham??
Great question Sheri, since this was a reader submitted recipe I am not 100% sure. But I went ahead and edited the recipe to include adding the ham at the point I am 99.9% sure it should be added – before you start to cook it in the crock-pot.
Since this is a reader submitted recipe – WHO determined the NI?
Also – how large is each serving (cup wise?)
Hi Kay, great question! We ran this recipe through our nutritional information calculator. And a serving is 1/8th of the finished recipe. We do not measure out serving sizes into cups or ounces.
If I use canned beans, do I select 2 15 ounce cans or one?
Thanks!
I would definitely use at least 2-3 15oz cans…maybe 4.
Can I use Corn starch in place of flour to thicken soup? Thank you for reply.
Hi Rachelle, this recipe has not been tested using cornstarch to thicken the soup but it may work. If you give it a try please let us know how it turned out for you!