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White Bean and Bacon Soup (Slow Cooker) takes several minutes to prepare.

White Bean and Bacon Soup (Slow Cooker) takes several minutes to cook.

White Bean and Bacon Soup (Slow Cooker) makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for White Bean and Bacon Soup (Slow Cooker) are:

Ingredients:
Bacon, 4 medium slices, cooked
Olive Oil, 1 tbsp
*Beans, cannellini, 6 cup (approximately 3 cans), drained and rinsed
Celery, raw, 3 stalk, small (5" long) - chopped
Baby Carrots, raw, 12 large - chopped
Onions, raw, 1 cup, chopped
Garlic, 4 cloves - chopped
Chicken Broth, 5 cups
Spinach, fresh, 2 cup
Mushrooms, canned, 1.5 cup, drained (or use fresh)

Here is how you make White Bean and Bacon Soup (Slow Cooker):

cook bacon until crisp. remove and let cool on paper towel. drain pan. add oil, saute chopped onion, chopped garlic, chopped celery about 5 minutes. add carrots, salt and pepper taste and sautee a few minutes. Transfer to slow cooker, add 2 cans of beans, chicken broth and chopped up bacon. Add 3/4 cup of water. Cook on high for 4 hours. Take about half of the liquid out and put in blender/food processor, blend until smooth. Add back to soup. Add in 3rd can of beans, spinach and mushrooms. Cook on low an additional 4 hours. makes 8 servingsNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JAGH2009.

The nutritional information for White Bean and Bacon Soup (Slow Cooker) is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 220.4

• Total Fat: 3.9 g
• Cholesterol: 5.8 mg
• Sodium: 1,486.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 33.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 8.0 g
• Protein: 8.9 g