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Comforting Bean, Chicken, Ham Soup takes 600 minutes to prepare.

Comforting Bean, Chicken, Ham Soup takes 360 minutes to cook.

Comforting Bean, Chicken, Ham Soup makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Comforting Bean, Chicken, Ham Soup are:

2.5 cups dried bean mix (I used white, pinto, gigantes, black-eyed peas, lentils, and split peas)
1 tsp thyme
2 bay leaves
1 ham hock (or a couple of strips of bacon or some ham rind)
2 cans chopped tomatoes
2 large onions, chopped
4 ribs celery, diced
1 carrot, diced
1 cup diced lean ham
2 chicken thighs and 1 drumstick

Here is how you make Comforting Bean, Chicken, Ham Soup:

soak beans overnight (I didn't soak the lentils and split peas) then rinse and put into a large dutch oven or stock pot. Add 3 quarts of water, thyme, bay leaves, ham hock/bacon. Simmer covered for 3 hours. Add veggies and simmer another 1.5 hours uncovered. Add ham (or sausage) and whole pieces of raw chicken (skin removed). Simmer until chicken is tender-- at least another 1.5 hours. Remove chicken, shred meat and return to pot. Add salt and pepper to taste.Serving Size: makes about 8 good bowls of soup (about a gallon)Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user APRIL1X.

The nutritional information for Comforting Bean, Chicken, Ham Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 232.4

• Total Fat: 2.6 g
• Cholesterol: 28.2 mg
• Sodium: 1,102.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 35.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 10.1 g
• Protein: 18.5 g