Navy Bean & Cabbage Soup

Total Time: 4 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb small beans (sorted and washed)
• 3 quarts chicken stock
• 1 large ham hocks or 1 large part of a butt-end ham
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 head of cabbage, chopped
• 3 carrots, chopped
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 cover beans with chicken stock.
• 2 add ham and onion.
• 3 simmer 3 hours, or until beans reach mushy stage.
• 4 add cabbage and carrots and simmer for an additional hour.
• 5 add water if needed.
• 6 remove the ham from the soup.
• 7 let it cool and remove it from the bone.
• 8 return the ham to the soup.
• 9 season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 10 skim off excess fat.