Hearty Ham Bone Black Bean Soup

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

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 hr 55 mins
• Total Time: 6 hr 5 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

Sauté potatoes, bell pepper, and carrots in the same saucepan until coated in oil, about 1 minute; transfer to the slow cooker. Add water, black beans, vegetable juice, corn, tomatoes, green chiles, cumin, salt, and black pepper. Cover slow cooker.

Step 3

Remove ham bone from soup; separate meat from the bone. Add meat to soup; discard bone. Cover soup and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight. Discard thick fat on top of soup; reheat then serve.

Step 4

Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add celery, onion, and garlic; sauté until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add to slow cooker.

Step 5

Cook on High until warm, 45 to 60 minutes. Reduce heat to Low; continue cooking for 5 to 6 hours.