Slow Cooker Crock Pot

A crock pot is also commonly called a slow cooker. It is a home appliance used in the kitchen for cooking foods on low temperature. The foods cooked in a crock pot are those that require water in the recipe. Since these foods must be cooked in low temperature, cooking time usually takes a long time. It even means that cooking time can last for eight hours or more. The convenience of using a crock pot is the fact that it can safely operate unattended. For instance, if you want to cook beef stew, you can turn your crock pot on in the morning and prepare the dish before going to work or going somewhere else so that when you get back in the afternoon or in the evening, the beef stew is already prepared. Although the term Crock Pot has been the trademark of the slow cooker manufactured by Rival Industries, the term is also being used to refer to any crock pot or any slow cooker in general. Now, let’s talk about a soup recipe that can be prepared using a slow cooker or a crock pot.

This soup recipe is called the Slow Cooker Hearty White Bean Soup. In order to prepare such dish, you need such ingredients as salt and pepper, two to three cans of white beans that are drained. These cans of white beans have to be fifteen ounces each. Other ingredients include one half cup of corn kernels, one cup of frozen baby lima beans which are drained and cooked, two cans of diced tomatoes and juice which have to be 14.5 ounces each, one fourth teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper, one half teaspoon of dried thyme, one medium onion that is diced, one and a half cups of sliced celery, one and a half cups of carrots that are sliced, one quart of vegetable broth, and two smoked ham hocks. In cases when smoked ham hocks are not available, you may use a meaty ham bone for substitute.

In preparing this soup recipe, the crock pot that should be used should measure four to six quarts. To start, the ham bone or the ham hocks should be combined with onion, celery, carrots, and vegetable broths. Cover the crock pot after combining such ingredients and cook on either low or high temperature. If you are going to cook this soup recipe on low temperature, the crock pot should be set for eight hours. If you prefer to cook such soup recipe on high temperature, the crock pot should instead be set for four hours. If and when the food is not yet cooked after eight or four hours, you can set the crock pot for several more minutes or until the vegetables become tender. Afterwards, the broth should be strained carefully into a bowl and the excess fat should be skimmed. The broth that you strained should be returned to the crock pot. Put the ham bone or the ham hocks on a plate and let them cool. Once cooled, you must remove the meat from the bones, dice it, and return it to the crock pot together with the broth. The remaining ingredients should then be added into the crock pot together with salt and pepper. This time, this soup recipe should be on high temperature but should only be cooked for approximately an hour.

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