Bacon Bean Slow Cooker Soup
This Bacon Bean Slow Cooker Soup is a hearty way to serve up satisfaction. The savory bacon and bean flavor combination is a home run, coming together in one of the best easy slow cooker recipes out there. This all-day recipe will have you waiting for dinner in anticipation as the aroma floats through the house. Don't pass up this amazing soup recipe that is guaranteed to please, whether for family dinners, potlucks, or any other meal!
Serves4
Preparation Time20 min
Slow Cooker Time HIGH8 hr
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 slice bacon
- 1 pound stew beef
- 2 tablespoon flour
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
- 1 leek top
- 1 (14-ounce) can of cannellini beans
- 1 (14-ounce) can of pinto beans
- 2 teaspoon dry thyme leaves
- 1 cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 liter water
- 1 pinch salt and pepper (to taste)
Instructions
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On medium high heat in frying pan crisp the bacon with oil for 2 minutes, then add onion and continue to cookuntil onion gets caramelized. Transfer to slow cooker pot.
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Then flour the meat and caramelize it on one side in the same frying pan.
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Add the meat to slow cooker pot and add beans with juices, chopped celery ribs, thyme leaves, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper, salt, pepper and cover with water, add leek tops on top.
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Pop the lid on and plug on high setting for 8 hours. Throw away leek tops when the soup is done. Serve with hearty rye bread and enjoy!