Simply The Best Ham & Navy Bean Soup

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb navy beans
• 7 cups chicken broth
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 2 ham hocks
• 1 cup ham, chunks
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 -2 carrot, diced
• 1 -2 stalk celery, diced
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 8 -12 peppercorns, in a teaball stainer
• 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar

Recipe

• 1 rinse and sort out navy beans.
• 2 in a crock pot cover beans with 4 cups of chicken broth and soak overnight.
• 3 next day: do not drain off broth.
• 4 add 2 more cups of chicken broth.
• 5 add remaining ingredients .
• 6 cook on high 3 to 4 hours until ham hocks become tender.
• 7 remove meat from hocks and cut into small pieces,return to mixture.
• 8 continue cooking on low for another 6 to 8 hours.
• 9 you may have to add additional chicken broth if soup too thick. if too thin add instant potatoes.