Crock Pot Italian Bean Meatball Soup

Recipe By

Flour On My Face

"This delicious and easy to make Italian style bean soup recipe is packed full of your favorite Italian flavors. Homemade pork and beef Italian meatballs add more Italian flavors to this crock pot soup recipe."

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

8 hours

Servings

8

Ingredients

1 package [Hurst’s HamBeens® Italian Bean Soup](/products/italian-bean-soup) (found with the dried beans)

14.5 oz can diced tomatoes

1 medium onion, diced

1/2 cup diced celery

2 dried bay leaves

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1/2 teaspoon dried basil

8 cups beef broth

24 Homemade or Frozen Mini Meatballs (see notes below)

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"This delicious and easy to make Italian style bean soup recipe is packed full of your favorite Italian flavors. Homemade pork and beef Italian meatballs add more Italian flavors to this crock pot soup recipe."

Ingredients

  • 1 package Hurst’s HamBeens® Italian Bean Soup (found with the dried beans)

  • 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes

  • 1 medium onion, diced

  • 1/2 cup diced celery

  • 2 dried bay leaves

  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil

  • 8 cups beef broth

  • 24 Homemade or Frozen Mini Meatballs (see notes below)

Cooking Directions

  1. Rinse and pick through the Hurst’s Italian Bean Soup dried beans.

  2. Add the rinsed beans to the crock pot. Add the undrained can of diced tomatoes.

  3. Dice the onion and celery and add to the crock pot.

  4. Next add the bay leaves, dried thyme, and dried basil to the crock pot. Open the Italian Seasoning pack and sprinkle it over the soup ingredients in the crock pot.

  5. Pour the beef broth in and mix with a wooden spoon to combine. Place the lid on the crock pot.

  6. Cook on low for 8 to 9 hours or on high for 6 to 7 hours or until the beans are tender. An hour before the soup will be finished cooking add the meatballs to the crock pot. (If using frozen meatballs thaw the meatballs in the microwave before adding them to the crock pot.)

Tips

NOTE: If using frozen meatballs thaw them in the microwave before adding them to the hot soup in the crock pot. If you add frozen meatballs to the hot soup it will cool down the hot soup so much that it could take an hour or more for the soup to come back up to the boiling temperature and could add up to an extra hour of cooking time.

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