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Hearty Ham Bone Black Bean Soup
Hearty Ham Bone Black Bean Soup
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Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
351 minutes
Total Time:
841 minutes
Savory ham bone and black bean soup simmered with green chiles, potatoes, and tomatoes for robust flavor.
Ingredients:
  • 1 ham bone with some meat
  • 1 drizzle olive oil
  • 3 stalks celery with leaves, chopped, or more to taste
  • 0.5 onion, chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 0.5 (12 ounce) package baby carrots
  • 1 cup fingerling potatoes, or to taste
  • 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 (19 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 (12 fluid ounce) can vegetable juice (such as V8®)
  • 1 (11 ounce) can canned corn (such as Green Giant Niblets®), drained
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons chopped green chilies
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions:
  • Place the ham bone in the spacious slow cooker.
  • In a large saucepan, warm olive oil over medium-high heat. Cook celery, onion, and garlic until onion turns translucent, around 5 minutes. Transfer the sauteed mixture to the slow cooker with the ham bone.
  • In a saucepan, sear carrots, potatoes, and red bell pepper in oil for about 1 minute until coated. Transfer to the slow cooker along with water, black beans, vegetable juice, corn, tomatoes, green chiles, cumin, salt, and black pepper. Cook on High for 45 minutes to 1 hour until warm. Reduce heat to Low and simmer for 5 to 6 hours.
  • Remove the ham bone from the soup, separate the meat, discard the bone. Refrigerate soup covered overnight. Skim off any fat from the top before reheating.