Hearty Ham Bone Black Bean Soup

Hearty yet low in fat, this ham bone and black bean soup is slow cooked for big flavor, adding green chiles, fingerling potatoes, and tomatoes.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 hr 51 mins
• Total Time: 6 hr 1 mins
• Calories: 310 Calories

Ingredients

• 4 cups water
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 (19 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 drizzle olive oil
• 2 tablespoons chopped green chilies
• 1 ham bone with some meat
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can vegetable juice (such as V8®)
• 3 stalks celery with leaves, chopped, or more to taste
• 1 cup fingerling potatoes, or to taste
• 0.5 onion, chopped
• 0.5 (12 ounce) package baby carrots
• 1 (11 ounce) can canned corn (such as Green Giant Niblets®), drained

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place ham bone in a large slow cooker.

Step 2

Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Saute celery, onion, and garlic until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour mixture over the ham bone in the slow cooker.

Step 3

Saute carrots, potatoes, and red bell pepper in the same saucepan until coated in oil, about 1 minute. Transfer vegetables to the slow cooker; add water, black beans, vegetable juice, corn, tomatoes, green chiles, cumin, salt, and black pepper. Cover and cook on High until soup is warm, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Reduce heat to Low; continue to cook for 5 to 6 hours.

Step 4

Remove ham bone from the soup. Separate meat from the bone and return to the soup; discard the bone. Cover soup and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight. Discard thick fat on the top of the soup and reheat.