1-hour Ham And Bean Soup

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup diced or sliced carrot
• 1 cup diced celery
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 cups diced ham
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 3 1/2 cups ham stock (water can be substituted) or 3 1/2 cups chicken broth (water can be substituted)
• 2 (15 1/2 ounce) cans great northern beans, not drained
• 3 -4 tablespoons tomato sauce
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat vegetable oil in a soup pot.
• 2 add carrots, celery and onion.
• 3 sauté for about 4 minutes, just until onion is beginning to soften.
• 4 add ham, sauté 2 minutes.
• 5 add garlic, sauté one more minute.
• 6 add 3 cups stock, bring to a low boil for about 10 minutes, stirring once or twice.
• 7 meanwhile, in a food processor, combine all but 1/2 of a can of beans, including juice, and the tomato sauce.
• 8 process until smooth.
• 9 add remaining stock to processor to thin mixture.
• 10 process to combine.
• 11 add mixture from processor into ham mixture.
• 12 add remaining 1/2 can of beans, stir to blend, bring to a boil, lower heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• 13 serve hot!