Old Fashioned Ham and Bean Soup
Ingredients
- 2 16 oz Northern Beans Canned
- 3 Cups Water
- Smoked Pork Hocks or Meaty Ham Bone Use 1 1/2 smoked pork hocks or 1 1/2 pound ham bone
- 1.5 Cups Celery
- 1 Cup Onion
- 3/4 tsp Thyme
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Pepper
- 1 Bay Leaf
Instructions
- Place ham bone or pork in 3 cups water.
- Add celery, onion, thyme, salt, pepper and bay leaf.
- Cover & simmer for 45 minutes.
- Remove from heat, take ham or pork out and let cool.
- Once bone is cooled, remove any meat and discard the bone.
- Slightly mash beans in saucepan and return meat to pan.
- Heat through, makes four large servings.