Black-Eyed Pea & Hambone Soup

Submitted by Busters friend

"This one is a favorite in our house. It is low cost, healthy with the vegies & peas & puts a lowly hambone (preferably with some good gristly bits & meat clinging to it) to great use. Don't fear the grisstly connective tissue - it cooks down & gives wonderful body to the soup/stew. Seriously. Giving the hambone a nice browning in the pot is key to getting a rich flavorful brown soup. Serve with a good crispy cornbread for a wonderful meal. Even better when made a day ahead of time - doubles well."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 55mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 ham bone (smoked ham with some meat, gristle & skin if possible, like the smoked ham's bone & the shank end)
• 29.58 ml olive oil
• water, to cover ham bone
• 1 onion, large yellow, chopped
• 2 stalk celery, chopped
• 907.18 g frozen black-eyed peas (peas & snaps if you can get them)
• 2 bell peppers, diced
• 4 cayenne bell peppers, coarsely chopped (your choice on hot peppers)
• salt, to taste
• white pepper, to taste

directions

1. Place ham bone in soup pot large enough to allow bone to be fully covered by water. Add olive oil & brown ham bone until dark brown on one side. Add onions & saute until translucent & just beginning to brown. Add water to cover ham bone by 1/2 inch, cover pot & bring to boil then simmer 45 minutes.
2. Pour black-eyed peas into pot with ham bone & onions. Add green & cayenne peppers. Leave lid off & bring to boil then reduce to simmer for 60 minutes.
3. Remove ham bone & any other chunks of ham. Trim bone of meat & chop fine. Add back to pot (along with skin if you like the texture). Season to taste with salt & white pepper. Black pepper will do just fine if you do not have white pepper on hand.

Reviews

[momtoallergickid-egg]

YUMMY! helped me to make my first ham bone soup.. and i cant believe i actually did it THANKS :)