Mom's Friendship Soup

Total Time: 13 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 9 hrs Cook Time: 4 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/4 cup black beans
• 1/4 cup red kidney beans
• 1/4 cup navy beans
• 1/4 cup lima beans
• 1/4 cup baby lima beans
• 1/4 cup split peas
• 1/4 cup lentils
• 1/4 cup black-eyed peas
• 1/4 cup pinto beans
• 2 ham hocks
• 1 lb kielbasa
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 (16 ounce) cans tomatoes
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 medium chicken
• 2 tablespoons parsley
• salt and pepper
• thyme

Recipe

• 1 wash beans, add water to cover plus 1 tb salt& soak overnight.
• 2 next morning, drain& add 3 quarts water, 2 hamhocks, 2 bay leaves& thyme.
• 3 cook 3 hours covered, then add tomatoes, onions, garlic, peppers, chicken, salt& pepper.
• 4 simmer 1 hour, then remove chicken& hamhocks, debone.
• 5 discard bones, fat& skin.
• 6 return chicken& ham, cut in small pieces, to soup pot.
• 7 add kielbasa sausage, cut in thin slices,& parsley.
• 8 cook till sausage is done.
• 9 add water as needed-- stir bottom often to avoid burning.
• 10 enjoy!