This Ain't Your Mama's Bean Soup! Hearty 15 Bean Soup Recipe
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- Printable recipe below! A perfect one-pot meal anytime of the year- this is an easy 15 bean soup recipe that has all you need in the sack, or spice it up with our added ingredients.
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Is anyone else a fan of Hurst beans? And what’s your favorite addition?
Actually this is the first time I’ve heard of them.
Love Hurst beans. I like to add ham, bacon & chilis. I also like to use home made chicken bone broth for half the liquid, I think it adds another layer of flavor. Serve with bacon/ jalapeño cornbread for a meal fit for a king. Love y'alls videos, they always make my mouth water. God Bless y'all & the Pups.
I have four bags of them in my pantry. They make great soup.
I make a bag with half a hamsteak and diced celery carrots and onions and I've got lunch for the whole work week for around 12 dollars.
You darn tootin'.
This man ACTUALLY got the HamBeen company to sponsor him, what a legend. I've been eating that stuff for a decade.
You must be in the mood for something different by now?!
nah I only eat it like once a month@@jamesprior2496
As a veteran, I appreciate the fact that you recognize us. Plus, your recipes rock, thank you
God protect those that serve. Our flag flies on your backs. Stand proud, always.
All respect to vets
Vets get plenty of recognition in the USA. You make it sound like you aren't
Ditto from a recon medic
@burgerking220 You're OBVIOUSLY not a veteran or you'd know different.
I started an organic permaculture few years ago, next summer I will be planting beans all over the place for winter provisions. I never really ate beans before in my life, the first batch of beans I will be cooking, you will be in my thought Cowboy. I learned everything from you when it comes to beans, to a point where i'm totally obsessed by growing my own organic ones :) Thank you for everything you have teach us over the years.
Thank you for watching
Love 15 Bean Soup but interested to see what you do with them!! They are Great Beans!!
Smoked Turkey leg and breakfast sausage you will love it and wonder why you haven’t made them before.
My mother would only use these mixed beans for her ham & bean soup. She added barley too. Great memories of her hearty soup… I need to go find some in my new hometown of Pittsburgh.
@@chriscanfield8472 I will definitely try your recipes ! And as a Canadian I will add some maple syrup in there too. As for why I never ate beans, that's a fair question! Here in Québec, beans kinda have the reputation to not taste good and make you fart haha. So it was not tempting to try them.
This is the most wholesome man. Can’t always understand what he saying but you know in your heart it’s good!
I love it when there’s close ups of your hands while you cook- those hands are the hands of an honest workin’ man that tell a story of the owner’s life experience- God bless
*I like to do a Cowboy Kent dance everytime I see that you post! 🤠🤭*
It is a dancing day everyday
I made the Cajun 15 Bean Soup a week ago. They were so delicious. Someone gave me left over Easter ham and I ran right to the store for the Cajun 15 Bean Soup w/spices and it turned out great. I soak the beans for 12 hours and on the stove they go with the rest of the ingredients on the back of the bag. Nothing like coming home from work and heating up a bowl of these beans for a hot meal on a chilly spring day!
Thank you for your lovely compliment. I hope my recipe was able to help you in your cooking
Kent, I not only appreciate you teaching us how to cook good 'ol country cookin', but I'm truly in awe of your extensive knowledge. You've cooked everything worth eating, and you did it all the hard way.....ftom scratch. Now if THAT'S not cooking mastery, I don't know what is. Thank you for sharing your culinary world with us. Now we know anything is possible, because YOU'VE done it.
Yes, we love Hurst Beans. I have some in the freezer now. I start mine in chicken broth, add potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, onions and ham chips. And cornbread! No better eating and so good for us.
Your white labrador (at 3:52) looks just like my dog Niko did. Great dog, faithful and loving companion for 14 years. Lost him to cancer 6 years ago and I miss him greatly. Appreciate your dog while he is with you.
This is perfect timing, Kent. We're about to get rain all day tomorrow and a great bean soup sounds fantastic. I'll make some jalapeno/cheddar cornbread to go with it and it's going to be a hit. The neighbors will love you. Thanks, Kent and Shannon. I loved your video with Uncle Roger. Looks like you got a few great tips on fried rice and you cowboyed him right up!
Hope you enjoy
Kateg7298, you must be in Texas, cause we’re gonna get soaked tomorrow! Beans will be awesome!
@@bobjohnson8169 Yes sir, I'm close to Galveston. Hope you all don't get too much rain tomorrow. I'm going to the store now for all the things I need. It's supposed to hit around midnight.
Great for these cold wet evenings in N.C. I like all beans. Blessings Kent Shannon and the pups
Yes Ma’am, we are in Kennedale in the DFW area. My daughter graduated from UTMB Galveston a few years ago, and I enjoyed the times I spent there. Buckle down and cook you up some hearty beans, and cornbread if you are able. Cowboy Kent sure does offer me lots of ideas! Best to you and your family! B
I use Hurst Beans a lot and that 15 bean soup is so versatile just by changing up the seasoning. You did your Mexican/south west flavored soup and I do a Tuscan flavor a lot. You can even add in any kind of meat you want or "not meat" products to keep it vegetarian. To keep it vegetarian for some of my vegetarian friends (I don't judge) I omit the seasoning packet and add in some vegetable soup bullion/stock and a little of that Liquid Smoke flavoring depending on what flavor I'm going for that day. Because you omitted the flavor packet you will need to add in those seasoning that are listed on the ingredient list on the back of the bag. I also add in some veggies (I squeeze them in any where I can and the guys don't even notice that they're in there) by dicing up and sautéing first carrots, celery, onion, bell peppers, or what ever you like in your soup.
Warning! Liquide Smoke is one of those products that a little goes a long way. You can go from tasting just a hint of smoke flavor to thinking that the house burnt down in just a few drops.
When I do "MY" Tuscan version I add in Italian sausage (mild, hot and sweet are available depending on your taste) and in addition to the fore mentioned veggies I also add in some zucchini, summer squash, crushed or petite cut tomatoes, a heaping table spoon of tomato paste (the stuff that comes in a squeezy tube works great for this so you don't have to open up a can and figure out what to do with the part you don't use) Italian seasonings, basil and a bay leaf.
The flavor packet does contain soy so if you, a family member or friend has issues with soy just omit the flavor packet and use a 50/50 combo of chicken and beef stock/bullion and a little of that smoke flavoring and adding in the seasonings listed on the ingredient list on the back of the bag.
It's your soup. Make it the way you want it.
Thank you for your lovely compliment. I hope my recipe was able to help you in your cooking
Quick version. Boil 20 minutes, dump water. No need to soak.Add stock or water, hambone, mirepoix. White rice will fill everybody up, cooked in a separate pot.Bob’s redmill has great soup mixes also. Thanks Kent and Shan y’all make me proud!
Try it this way.
First I smoke a picnic ham for a few hours to give it some good smoke flavor.
Next I cut the meat off the ham, cun the meat into chunks and add the bone to a pot with carrots celery an onions and let that simmer for a few hours to create a stock.
Then I will strain the stock and add two packages of Hurst cajun 15 bean soup after rinsing the beans.
I add the flavor packet at the same time as the beans.
Let that simmer until the beans are soft.
Add the cut up hams chunks back to the soup.
Keep on the stove on low while eating over the next day or so. Once the beans start to turn to mush get out the stick blender and blend everything together for a great bean dip for chips. (Note if the blended beans are too thin add in can or two of pinto beans to thicken.)
Nice. How long do you cook with the stock after dumping the water? or just simmer for an hour or so?
@@stevenm2699 two hours should be plenty
Made exactly this (Hurst 15 bean) with the spiral cut hambone from Thanksgiving. Left out the flavor packet since the ham had enough seasoning for the pot. Doubled up the diced tomatoes since that was what was in the can I had. Added a couple of handfuls of rice as well. Yum, Yum, Yum. Pair with some good bread/rolls and you are set.
Amen. Pork is what makes the soup!
Here is a similar way that I do it.
First I smoke a picnic ham for a few hours to give it some good smoke flavor.
Next I cut the meat off the ham, cun the meat into chunks and add the bone to a pot with carrots celery an onions and let that simmer for a few hours to create a stock.
Then I will strain the stock and add two packages of Hurst cajun 15 bean soup after rinsing the beans.
I add the flavor packet at the same time as the beans.
Let that simmer until the beans are soft.
Add the cut up hams chunks back to the soup.
Keep on the stove on low while eating over the next day or so. Once the beans start to turn to mush get out the stick blender and blend everything together for a great bean dip for chips. (Note if the blended beans are too thin add in can or two of pinto beans to thicken.)
After Sugar Cream Pie and Tenderloins, Hurst's HamBeens are Indiana's third contribution to Hoosier Haute Cuisine. A Hoosier company providing the best beans you will ever eat!
Beans and corn bread can't beat it ❤
This video is perfectly timed. The cold weather is showing up, and a hearty soup and crust of bread is exactly what's needed! Thank you!
I'm a big fan I grew up on those still using today almost 60 years God bless America military and veterans 🙏
Pretty early on I became in charge of cooking with only a battered cookbook and pbs shows teaching me what to do. My mom would drop me off at the grocery to do the shopping so I was happy to discover the bean soups where I had a great starting point and each time I made it a little better, adding a little more. Very nutritious, tasty, filling, and keeps well. Can't argue with that.
I’ve had a bag of those beans in our pantry for a year. I was thinking the other day I needed to find a recipe for those. I now have it. Thanks Kent and Shan 😋
I actually have this going today!!
First I smoke a picnic ham for a few hours to give it some good smoke flavor.
Next I cut the meat off the ham, cun the meat into chunks and add the bone to a pot with carrots celery an onions and let that simmer for a few hours to create a stock.
Then I will strain the stock and add two packages of Hurst cajun 15 bean soup after rinsing the beans.
I add the flavor packet at the same time as the beans.
Let that simmer until the beans are soft.
Add the cut up hams chunks back to the soup.
Keep on the stove on low while eating over the next day or so. Once the beans start to turn to mush get out the stick blender and blend everything together for a great bean dip for chips. (Note if the blended beans are too thin add in can or two of pinto beans to thicken.)
You can store beans and rice (separately) in clean, dry 2 liter soda bottles under your bed. We buy 50 lbs bags for 20ish dollars at bulk stores and have under the beds stuffed. Beans and rice with a few veggies and/or with some canned chicken, beef or pork can sustain a family for months in a emergency situation...
There's a recipe on the back of the bag. (I've used these for years. So much better than single-bean soup!)
I really like bean soup and it doesn't get anymore better than this very delicious and Thanks Kent.🤠🇺🇲🇺🇲
And so easy
I remember my dear mom cooking these bean's.Im 70 yo. So they've been a great product for many year's! My mom always added chorizo & fresh home cooked corn tortillas!! Such wonderful memories!! Thanks Kent and Shannon for another great video!!! God bless you all be safe!!!🙏🙏🙏
As a Brazilian, and Brazil being a country that loves his beans... This looks damn good.
You two simply continue to amaze me how far you've come along in regards to overall production! The great high quality camera angles, cuts, and music additions are just spot on and really heighten the viewer experience!
We are now watching short TV episodes, and all your hard work behind the scenes is really popping for the big picture. Be proud!! I'm mashing that thumbs up all the time!!
That bowl with the cornbread and beans looks so good! Loved the cowboy story!
Beans! Beans! Beans! Love 'em. 🎶💐💖
Coincidentally, I just made this last night with a leftover hambone from Thanksgiving. Warm and hearty. I keep an embarrassing number of these in my pantry.
I have three gallon containers full lol
I love beans and that's the brand I always buy. Cute commercial at the end. Got a chuckle from Beag, he was watching you cook and the second you picked up that cutting board full of sausage he got up & made his way over. He's no one's fool.😁
Growing up in a family of 7 we had a lot of beans. Still eat them today. When Gran paw butchered the old saying was they used everything but the squeal. So we had beans and snoot or beans and ears and sometime' s the ham bone. Always with onions and sweet cornbread. Brings back some good memories . Keep up the good work and as we say at our camp Merry Christmas from our camp to yours.
Merry Christmas to you
I do believe I enjoy your cowboy stories as much as your cowboy recipes keep up the good work may the LORD bless you
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I've never heard of that brand or noticed it in the stores in Phoenix, but I'll look for them now. FYI a Mexican friend of mine always adds a bottle of beer to his pot of beans (when making refried beans) and it works for fighting gas! Thanks a bunch!
Fry's has this brand
I love this Hurst beans mix! I always soak mine overnight in the refrigerator and add ham and smoked sausage.
Do you have to make sure no pebbles are in these?
@@StacysRevivalCreations I have been making these for years and I have never found any debris in them. I soak them and rinse them the next day no issues.
Oh Yeah, I Love Beans. Great Cowboy Cooking ! I am a fan now.
Thank you for your lovely compliment. I hope my recipe was able to help you in your cooking
Got a pot on right now. Usually 3 days. Day 1 - simmer ham bones/smoked ham hocks/onion/carrot/celery/garlic for 8hrs, cool overnight. Day 2 - skim fat, reheat and strain veg and meat chunks out of liquid, remove meat from ham bones and hocks, rinse bean mix and add to hot soup, let sit until cool, fridge overnight, Day 3 - heat to simmer,add diced potatoes and smoked sausage, add ham flavor packet and simmer till taters are tender. Some of the beans break down and make a thick silky broth. Delicious!!!
Can we have more of Ken shopping? I think that would be pretty compelling to watch.
15 bean soup is one of my favorites. Inexpensive, easy to make especially with a Crockpot, easy to mix and match with extras like cornbread or rice. Add some chicken bullion with the ham for extra flavor. A lot of fun to cook with, but yes it will make you gassy. My mom and stepdad says they don't like bean soup when I made it for them, then they cleared the bowls and wanted more.
I remember reading somewhere that soaking beans and lentils for a significant amount of time before cooking (time depending on the type), it can reduce the amount of gassing. I don't know if it is true, but might be worth looking into.
I have been cooking the Hurst Beans for MANY (50+) years! BEANS ARE THE BEST!! I usually add carrots and onions, then ham, bacon, sausage, or ham hock along with spices. While I do have a recipe I don't think I have EVER cooked them the same way twice and they are ALWAYS good! Corn bread is a necessity for sure. God bless you, Shannon and the pups!
Couldn’t fill spoons full of diamonds,
Couldn’t fill spoons full of gold.
But just a spoonful of your precious beans,
Satisfy my soul.
Yay new video
This is actually very close to how my mama made beans. Though the meat we added was usually game meat, venison, goose or duck. And she also added squash.😊
Love bean soup grandma was a texen it just tastes like my youth
I delivered a Mason jar of Cortido to my mother this morning. I use Manzano and Jalapeno peppers.
I usually use what's left of the spiral cut ham and boil bone and all. I chuck it in a pot and simmer it for like 20-30 minutes, and then I throw in the beans. And of I throw a few other ingredients in there of course. It's pretty good 😊
I grew up eating this in my mexican american household. Always hot sinple and full of flavor. Keep it up cowboy we appreciate you using those mexican flavors.
Can't beat country cooking.
Beans! Beans ! The magical fruit the more you eat the more you toot!!!
We LOVE this soup! We have 3 bags in our kitchen pantry as we speak. Our local HEB grocery here in Texas has a 16 bean version that is really tasty, but Hurst is still our favorite. We add about a pound and half of seared, diced Ham and some diced tomatoes and peppers and various spices to taste and slow cook it in a crockpot. I’ll often add extra water and thicken it back up with potato starch to bulk up the soup’s “gravy”. Any time I make this I’ll always craft a batch of super moist homemade jalapeño & cheddar cheese cornbread baked in a cast iron skillet to go with it. Along with homemade beef & venison chili and New England clam chowder, this is on our list of favorite Fall comfort foods.
I'm a big fan of 15 bean soup! My technique: Put an lb of pan sausage and a large diced onion in the pot, stir while it cooks until the pan sausage is all crumbled up and the onion is turning translucent. Add the beans and hot water. When it starts to bubble, add a can of diced tomatoes, with chilies if you like. Simmer til it starts to thicken.
Here is my version
First I smoke a picnic ham for a few hours to give it some good smoke flavor.
Next I cut the meat off the ham, cun the meat into chunks and add the bone to a pot with carrots celery an onions and let that simmer for a few hours to create a stock.
Then I will strain the stock and add two packages of Hurst cajun 15 bean soup after rinsing the beans.
I add the flavor packet at the same time as the beans.
Let that simmer until the beans are soft.
Add the cut up hams chunks back to the soup.
Keep on the stove on low while eating over the next day or so. Once the beans start to turn to mush get out the stick blender and blend everything together for a great bean dip for chips. (Note if the blended beans are too thin add in can or two of pinto beans to thicken.)
@@kencramer1697 sounds good! Though the Cajun beans are too spicy for my wife. Here's one to try- use ox tails for the meat. I don't have a smoker, but I bet they'd be great
Love beans. My mama had 8 kids and a few step kids, so we ate a lot of em.. was fun watching.. God bless..
So good they are and God bless you
This man is a national treasure.
Kent you legend! 🎉
Thanks to you, Kent, I now know about Hearst beans. They're going on my grocery list for sure. Thanks for the "gas" tip too. Mmmmmmmm
To the Hearst company, thank you for sponsoring this video. You couldn't have chosen a better man than Kent to showcase your products. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Love Hursts 15 bean soup, I like to cook it with a picnic shoulder.
My favorite beans of all times.
Just finished up some 15 bean soup for lunch that I made the other day. Of course it was just the pre-packed bag but I use my own spices and add some other ingredients to spice it up. Same goes with the cornbread I make with it. Delicious!
Love the vids
You're awesome Cowboy Kent Rawlins!! You're America 🇺🇸
Thanks
I love me some beans. Definitely be looking for Hurst beans
They are so good
@@CowboyKentRollins Yes Sir
Great video .. Bean Soup .. is delicious.. great job Rollins family 🇨🇦
Thanks Bobby
Beside the fact that this is the best, most wholesome and valuable channel on all of youtube. Your production is top notch, on par with any high budjet production.
I have two of these sitting in my pantry that I just bought the other day.
Its so easy to make a hearty delicious meal using the 15 bean soup as a base. The flavor packets make a good broth too that you can only make better with added ingredients.
I used to add a white potato and a can of tomatoes to fill it out a little. The husband and kids enjoyed it with cornbread.
This looks DELICIOUS! Maybe me and my mama can learn to make it as good as you!
How cool that you're learning how to cook! I'm sure that it will come out great. Mr. Kent does such great recipes that I use them almost every day.
I am sure you can
It’s really very easy. As long as you don’t keep the water or broth up you can’t go wrong.
Years ago my adult son and I were in two different states so we made it over the phone.
He really enjoys it. Since he was single he used an old square of tableware. He froze several of those containers and was so happy he could come home and heat it up. He likes to have flour tortillas with it.
@@louettesommers8594flour tortillas are always good with beans and also chili :) Corn tortillas, too!
@@rayvega3163 yes you are so right. We keep tortillas on hand. Thank God one of the makers make really pretty good flour tortillas so my daughter is soooo happy with them.
When I make pinto bean soup I put a yellow hot chili pepper in the bottom of my bowl, and sopping them up with flour tortillas. I usually have fried potatoes with them.
I haven’t ever met a bean that I didn’t like. Or a tortilla. 😋
As a kid on the family farm in SE Utah, we ate beans on a regular occasion. My Dad would often sing the bean song. Good memories
The puppers look happy about supper.
Never heard of "HamBeens" even though I also live in Oklahoma, but I've definitely seen 15-bean mixes at the store. This looks and sounds delicious!
Looks delicious
It was!
he always makes me hungry
Glad to see you made cornbread to go with the beans. Now, all you need is some Iced tea and you have the perfect meal.
Mr Rollins its always a pleasure watching you cooking! i wish that one day our paths could cross and we could cook together!
That 15 bean shuffle is what you do about 20 minutes after you eat them.
Yes sir, preaching the comfort food. 🙌
I love some soup beans. Beans beans the musical fruit, the more you eat the more you toot, the more you toot the better you feel, so lets have beans for every meal.
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This Veteran thanks you and I am going to the store in the morning to see if I can get some of those beans! God bless you also!🇺🇲
bet you won't deny the antichrist or satan in the slightest
Thank you. There is ALWAYS 5 bags of 15 bean soup in my house!!! God Bless and stay safe.
Loves me some 15 bean soup!
It is so good
The man in the Hurst commercials was Peso Dollar, somewhat of a local legend here in Wickenburg, AZ. He was a Highway Patrolman, an accomplished musician, and quite a character.
He and his band performed for many years on the annual Desert Caballeros Ride which brings horsemen from all over the country. His son, Mark Dollar, is still a performer in the greater Phoenix area.
I love beans n cornbread. Mom n Dad went thru great depression n they called it a poor man's meal..😊
General Contractor here. I live by these beans...Delicious, nutritious, filling.....I eat them every week. Stilll trying to learn how to prepare them the best way....
Nothing better than a pot of beans and cornbread. I cook these often with jalapeño cheese cornbread. 🙏❤️
Beans are good. PERIOD. Corn bread is terrific with beans, too. And green onions!
I love the way your shirt matches the bean pot.
I met Peso Dollar a few times when I was a kid. We had a family friend that was good friends with him. I also have one or two of his albums that my dad gave me here somewhere. That was definitely a nice clip of him at the end. Thank you. I will have to get some soup beans now in his memory.
This Florida man loves bean soup. I use chorizo and ham. It feeds not only the cowboy but also the OG.
And a great big maple leaf hug to you from Canada’s Texas of the North!! ☮️💕
❤3Ham hocks and 15 Bean Soup ❤ = HEAVEN
I must have seen those Hurst 15 bean soup packages a thousand times but never looked at the name. Now i know. Grace and health
The Wind be Blowin over at Cowboy Kents 😮
I still have my bug killer's, go ahead and laugh at me! That commercial is priceless!😊
Ah, beans, the magical fruit.
Beans, beans, they're good for the heart....
Sir, I continue again and again watching your videos. The foods are nice but most it's the opportunity to watch and authentic cowboy oh yes sir you are the real one. Greetings from Argentina Republic, South America.
Aaaghhh my favorite childhood meal
Need some beer batter bread to go with it
I am definitely going to make them again. I would also like to salute all active and retired military and first responders. From are retired to all you
I use this exact Hurts's Hambean's bag with my leftover bone in Ham after Christmas. Dad used them, Grandma used them, I use them and I'm sure my kids will too! I just throw them in the crock pot with the left overs and let it cook for 2 days. Every year it's a new flavor since the ham we use changes.
Here is how I do it.
First I smoke a picnic ham for a few hours to give it some good smoke flavor.
Next I cut the meat off the ham, cun the meat into chunks and add the bone to a pot with carrots celery an onions and let that simmer for a few hours to create a stock.
Then I will strain the stock and add two packages of Hurst cajun 15 bean soup after rinsing the beans.
I add the flavor packet at the same time as the beans.
Let that simmer until the beans are soft.
Add the cut up hams chunks back to the soup.
Keep on the stove on low while eating over the next day or so. Once the beans start to turn to mush get out the stick blender and blend everything together for a great bean dip for chips. (Note if the blended beans are too thin add in can or two of pinto beans to thicken.)
Been eating this wonderful product all my life(62)
!! With smoked bacon added and cheesy/honey corn muffins!!
I made hurst 15 bean soup last week. I cook it in the crock pot.
Thank you for your lovely compliment. I hope my recipe was able to help you in your cooking
After watching this, we bought a few packs of the Hurst beans. Then our crazy cat gnawed through them and decided to try some hard beans! So we tossed those and got even more! Finally, tonight, I'm going to soak the beans and tomorrow make some with sausage. Hooray! Thanks, Cowboy Kent!