Calico Ham and Bean Soup
- Ready In:
- 8hrs 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup dry navy beans or 1/2 cup great northern bean
- 1⁄2 cup dry black beans or 1/2 cup kidney bean
- 1⁄2 cup dried lima beans
- 1⁄2 cup dry garbanzo beans
- 1⁄2 cup dried split peas
- 1⁄2 lb ham, cut into bite sized cubes
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup diced carrot
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 bay leaves
- 12 cups water
directions
- Sort through and rinse beans; drain.
- In a large saucepan bring beans and splitpeas along with 6 cups of water to a boil.
- Boil for 10 minutes, then drain, rinse, and drain again.
- Place the drained beans in the crockpot along with the ham, onions, carrots, basil, oregano, salt, pepper, bay leaves, and last 6 cups of water.
- Cover crockpot and cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 4-5 hours.
- Remove bay leaves and adjust seasoning for salt and pepper if necessary.
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Reviews
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Well, I didn't have any dried oregano (I ran out) and I had no idea what Northern bean were, so I used 2 1/5 cups of a dry bean mix which had kidney, lima, black, 3 kinds of split peas, and a bunch of others that I had no idea what they were! I added 1 tsp of chicken soup base. This is a fantastic soup! I loved it! My children liked it at first (ages 6 and 4) but once it started to cool down they found the texture too much. I am surprised they ate it anyway! The texture was a little thinner than a split ham and pea and oh, so flavourful! I added shredded cheddar cheese to the bowls at the table! What a yummy recipe! I will make this for pot lucks, and after being outside in the dead cold winter at -38C! LOL. Easy recipe to make fantastic taste! Thanks for posting it!
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