Country Kitchen Calico Bean Soup recipe

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Ingredients

8 cups water, or more to taste
2 cups chopped ham
1 (15.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
½ cup coarsely chopped onion
½ cup chopped celery
⅓ cup dry black-eyed peas
⅓ cup dry kidney beans
⅓ cup dried pinto beans
⅓ cup dried navy beans
⅓ cup dry great Northern beans
⅓ cup dried large lima beans
⅓ cup dried baby lima beans
¼ cup ham soup base
2 tablespoons liquid smoke flavoring
1 ½ tablespoons garlic powder
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 bay leaf

Nutrition Info

344.5 calories
carbohydrate: 40.6 g
cholesterol: 18.9 mg
fat: 11.1 g
fiber: 10.9 g
protein: 20.6 g
saturatedFat: 2.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 2251.2 mg
sugar: 7.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Stir water, ham, tomatoes, onion, celery, black-eyed peas, kidney beans, pinto beans, navy beans, great Northern beans, large lima beans, baby lima beans, ham base, liquid smoke, garlic powder, black pepper, and bay leaf together in a stock pot, bring to a boil, place a cover on the pot, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until the beans are tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

Yum! This soup couldn't be any easier to make! The hardest part is chopping the ham, onions, and celery...and how hard can that be? This is almost exactly like a soup which was served at a local Country Kitchen restaurant that closed several years ago. Enjoy!

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