Country Kitchen Calico Bean Soup

Name: Country Kitchen Calico Bean Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
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

Rating: 4.25 stars

4 Ratings
2 Reviews
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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!

By trissann

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Recipe Summary

prep:

20 mins

cook:

2 hrs 30 mins

total:

2 hrs 50 mins

Servings:

Nutrition Info

Directions

Step 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.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

344 calories; 11.1 g total fat; 19 mg cholesterol; 2251 mg sodium. 40.6 g carbohydrates; 20.6 g protein; Full Nutrition

Reviews (2)

Most helpful positive review

Soup Loving Nicole

12/27/2015

Made as written except that I eliminated the liquid smoke due to the ham I used was leftover from one I smoked. This is really good but if you don't have all of these different beans on hand you could just buy one of those 16 ounces packages of mixed beans. I want to say they call it 15 bean soup? Anyway use whatever dry beans you like or whichever ones you have on hand. I made as written but any dry beans would work nicely as long as you use 16 ounces. Note I also used Rotel with diced green chilies for my tomatoes and I did not drain them. Read More

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