Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup

Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup is made with dry beans and flavored with a ham hock! Makes for a great budget meal.

Black beans aren’t used enough in recipes! Whether you make this black bean soup, kielbasa black bean soup or my refried black beans you’ll be set!

It felt like I hadn’t made soup in ages! I made this amazing slow cooker black bean soup yesterday. It was so good! I’ve been testing this recipe for a while now, trying to get the liquid and flavoring just right. When I home yesterday and opened the lid to my slow cooker and tasted it, I finally nailed it! This is one of those perfect work day recipes, since it cooks for 10 hours!

I flavored this soup with a ham hock, jalapeño, and cilantro. My inspiration for this came from an old co-worker who had brought in a black bean soup to work. She is the best cook I know, her soup had so many layers of flavors, so it took me a while to make something that stood up next to hers.

My friend calls her soup “ghetto soup” for she puts a little of everything in it, even chopped up hot dogs. I left the hot dogs out of mine, but in hindsight, they would have been really good in this.

What can I use instead of a ham hock?

• 2 cups diced ham
• 2 cups diced kielbasa
• 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 package hot dogs, sliced
• 1 package bacon, cooked and crumbled

How should I serve this black bean soup?

• Top with cheese and cilantro
• Serve with tortillas and/or tortilla chips
• Ladle or steamed white rice.

What other black bean recipes can I make in my slow cooker?

• Slow Cooker Kielbasa and Black Bean Soup
• Slow Cooker Refried Black Beans
• Slow Cooker Beef and Black Bean Chili

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Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup

5 from 6 votes

Filling and loaded with flavor this black bean soup will be a family favorite.

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Course: Soup

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: Black Bean Soup

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 10 hours

Total Time: 10 hours 20 minutes

Servings: 8

Calories: 276.03kcal

Author: Sarah Olson

Equipment Needed:

• Slow Cooker – 5 quart or larger

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. dried black beans soak overnight- see below
• 32 oz. chicken broth
• 14 oz. petite diced tomatoes
• 1 large ham hock
• ½ cup white onion diced
• 2 Tbsp. jalapeno minced
• ½ tsp. garlic minced-2 cloves
• 2 tsp. chili powder
• ½ tsp. onion powder
• ¼ tsp. pepper
• ¼ cup cilantro chopped
• ¼ tsp. salt to taste

Optional Ingredients for Serving

• cheddar cheese
• steamed rice
• tortillas
• tortilla chips

US Customary – Metric

Instructions:

Pre-Soak the Beans

• Putting the beans into the slow cooker, sorting out any rocks, dirt clumps, and other debris.
• Cover with a few inches of water and place the lid on top.
• Leave the beans to soak overnight. DO NOT TURN ON YET.

Preparing the Soup

• Drain the beans, rinse.
• Add the chicken broth, diced tomatoes, ham hock, onion, jalapeno, garlic, chili powder, onion powder, and pepper.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 10 hours or HIGH for 7 hours, without opening the lid during the cooking time.
• Remove the ham hock onto a plate, remove any meat you can find off the ham hock, shred and put into the beans.
• Add the cilantro, stir
• Taste for salt, adding the desired amount.
• Serve with the optional ingredients
• ENJOY!

Recipe Notes:

What can I use instead of a ham hock?

• 2 cups diced ham
• 2 cups diced kielbasa
• 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 package hot dogs, sliced
• 1 package bacon, cooked and crumbled

Nutrition:

Calories: 276.03kcal | Carbohydrates: 41.11g | Protein: 18.37g | Fat: 5.05g | Saturated Fat: 1.67g | Cholesterol: 17.84mg | Sodium: 606.02mg | Potassium: 1170.63mg | Fiber: 10.18g | Sugar: 4.01g | Vitamin A: 338.72IU | Vitamin C: 17.82mg | Calcium: 100.63mg | Iron: 4.07mg

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First Published: 03/14/2015

Updated: 12/30/2019