Navy Bean Soup

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 ham bone
• 4 cups ham

  chopped (taken off ham bone)
• 1 1/2 qts. ham broth

  (if you do not have ham broth, substitute vegetable broth)
• 16 oz. dry navy beans
• 1 large onion

  chopped
• 1 leek

  green top removed, thoroughly washed and diced
• 2 ribs celery

  diced
• 3 carrots

  thinly sliced
• 1 tsp. sea salt
• 3/4 tsp. ground black pepper
• 2 cloves garlic

  minced
• 1 tsp. dried thyme
• 1 tsp. dried parsley
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 tsp. liquid smoke

Instructions

• 1 Place ham bone and any other pieces of ham in a crockpot.
• 2 Fill with water and cook on high about 4-5 hours.
• 3 Debone ham.
• 4 Remove gristle, fat and bone and discard.
• 5 Remove ham from bones and dice.
• 6 Reserve ham broth.
• 7 The next day place ham and ham broth in a crockpot.
• 8 Add navy beans, onion, leek, celery, carrots, garlic and seasonings.
• 9 Cook on high about 4 hours until beans and veggies are tender.

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