Hearty Ham Bone Black Bean Soup

Ingredients

• ham bone with some meat (1 )
• olive oil (1 drizzle)
• celery (3 stalks)
• onion (0.5 )
• garlic (4 cloves)
• fingerling potatoes (1 cup)
• red bell pepper (1 small)
• baby carrots (0.5 (12 ounce) package)
• water (4 cups)
• black beans (1 (19 ounce) can)
• vegetable juice (1 (12 fluid ounce) can)
• corn (1 (11 ounce) can)
• tomatoes (2 )
• chopped green chiles (2 tablespoons)
• ground cumin (2 teaspoons)
• salt (0 )
• ground black pepper (0 )

Instructions

1. Place ham bone in a large slow cooker.
2. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Sauté celery, onion, and garlic until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes; add to slow cooker.
3. Sauté potatoes, bell pepper, and carrots in the same saucepan until coated in oil, about 1 minute; transfer to the slow cooker. Add water, black beans, vegetable juice, corn, tomatoes, green chiles, cumin, salt, and black pepper. Cover slow cooker.
4. Cook on High until warm, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Reduce heat to Low; continue to cook for 5 to 6 hours.
5. Remove ham bone from soup; separate meat from the bone. Add meat to soup; discard bone. Cover soup and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight. Discard thick fat on top of soup; reheat then serve.

Nutrition

(*Nutrition data is approximate and may vary depending on the brand and type of ingredients used.)

• kcal: 310
• fat: 2 g
• sats: 0 g
• carbs: 61 g
• fibre: 16 g
• protein: 14 g
• salt: 1.14 g