Healthy Ham & Bean
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
15
ingredients
- 3⁄4 lb turkey ham (I like Jennie-o)
- 2 lbs pinto beans (soaked over night)
- 1 1⁄2 cups carrots, chopped
- 1 cup celery, chopped
- 3⁄4 cup onion, chopped
- 12 cups chicken stock (or water with bouillon)
- 2 -3 tablespoons pork gravy mix (whatever is in 1 envelope)
- 3 bay leaves
- salt and pepper
directions
- Drain and rinse soaked beans.
- Add beans and stock to good sized stock pot over high heat and then dissolve the pork gravy mix into the broth.
- Add carrots, celery, onion and bay leaves.
- Cut ham into 6 or 8 thick pieces and place in soup. I like to keep it in larger pieces while to soup cooks so that it keeps some of its flavor and does not completely disintegrate!
- Bring soup to a boil and then lower heat and simmer at least 3 hours, and up to 8.
- After cooking remove large pieces of ham and cut to bite size.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
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