Name: Southern Ham and Bean Soup
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: North American
Ingredients: 1 tsp vegetable oil; 1 large onion, diced; 2 stalks celery, diced; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 small bell pepper, diced; 2 smoked ham hocks; 1 ½ lb(s) ham, diced; 1 Tbsp fresh ground black pepper; 2 cup chicken stock, homemade; 4 4 oz cans Bush's navy beans; 1 1 oz can tomato soup; 2 medium potato, diced, and, parboiled; 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce; 1 can Ro-Tel tomato; salt; tabasco sauce

Yields

6 servings

Recipe courtesy of Stuart Carpenter.

Ham Hocks and Ro-Tel tomatoes are what distinguish this from “Yankee-Style” Navy bean Soup. If you can’t find the Ro-Tel brand of tomatoes, substitute regular canned tomatoes and a small can of Ortega Green Chiles. Any other canned White Beans will do, should Bush’s not be available. Delicious!

ingredients

tsp vegetable oil

large onion, diced

stalks celery, diced

cloves garlic, minced

small bell pepper, diced

smoked ham hocks

1 ½

lb(s) ham, diced

Tbsp fresh ground black pepper

cup chicken stock, homemade

4 4

oz cans Bush's navy beans

1 1

oz can tomato soup

medium potato, diced, and, parboiled

tsp Worcestershire sauce

can Ro-Tel tomato

salt

tabasco sauce

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directions

Step 1

Boil ham hocks in chicken stock until tender. Remove meat from skin and bones, reserve meat and stock.

Step 2

Heat oil in a large cast iron pot, brown diced ham in oil, remove and reserve.

Step 3

Add and sauté onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic and ham until veggies are tender. Return reserved ham and hock meat to the pot.

Step 4

Place remaining ingredients into the pot with enough chicken stock to thin lightly, and cook for 1 hour.

Step 5

Best served with a good bacon cornbread.

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