15 Bean Soup

Description

Yummy 15 bean soup. I cook this a lot. I like to serve it with fried chicken and cornbread.

Ingredients

• 15 Bean Soup Mix
• Onion
• Garlic Cloves
• Whole Tomatoes
• Celery Leaves
• Ham Hocks
• Dried Parsley
• Dried Rosemary
• Black Pepper
• Salt
• Olive Oil
• Chicken Bouillon Cubes

Instructions

1. Wash the beans
2. Put in large pot and cover with water
3. Bring to boil
4. Stir and remove from heat
5. Cover and let sit 1 hour
6. After that hour, drain beans and set aside
7. Add oil to pot
8. Saut your ham hocks, onion, and celery until tender
9. Next add garlic and saut 2 minutes more
10. Add your beans and cover with water
11. Add tomatoes with the juice, parsley, rosemary, black pepper, bouillon cubes, and about 1 teaspoon of salt to start with
12. Mix well
13. Bring to boil
14. Stir, reduce heat cover and simmer for 2 to 21 / 2 hours or until all the sizes of the beans are tender
15. Keep watching it and stirring it every once in a while
16. You may need to add more water
17. You want it to keep a consistency a little thicker than a soup
18. Taste it after it cooks–you may need more salt or pepper
19. During the last 15 minutes of cooking, add the flavor package that comes with the beans
20. Serve by itself or over rice