Beckys Southern Ham Bone Vegetable Soup Food

HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• Place ham bone in large Dutch oven pot, cover with water.
• Place over medium heat. Let simmer for one hour.
• Remove the ham bone and let it cool after one hour is up.
• Rinse the vegetables under cold running water.
• Dice the carrot, add to the broth in the pot.
• Dice the celery, add to broth.
• Dice the onion, add to broth.
• Cube the potatoes, add to broth.
• Slice the cabbage, add to broth.
• Add the butter beans.
• Add the tomatoes.
• Add sugar.
• Add black pepper.
• Remove meat from the ham bone, add it to the soup.
• Bring to a low boil, let simmer until all vegetables are tender.
• Taste and add salt or pepper to taste.
• Serve warm.
• Enjoy.

HAM BONE AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt bacon grease in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion, carrots, celery, and garlic in hot bacon grease until vegetables are slightly tender and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Stir potatoes into onion mixture; cook and stir until golden, about 10 minutes.
• Stir hot water and chicken bouillon together in a slow cooker until bouillon is dissolved; add onion mixture, ham bone, diced tomatoes, corn, tomato sauce, black pepper, and salt.
• Cook soup in the slow cooker set to Low for 4 to 6 hours. Remove ham bone from soup and let rest until cool enough to handle. Remove meat from ham bone and stir meat into soup.

RACHIE'S HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• Place ham bone in a medium stock pot. Fill water to just cover ham bone.
• Bring water to a boil and add carrots, celery, potato, onion, pepper, and bay leaves.
• Reduce heat to a medium simmer. Simmer 1 hour.
• Add lentils.
• 10 minutes before serving, bring back to a boil and add egg noodles.
• 5 minutes before serving, add peas.
• Serve when noodles are cooked to desired "doneness".