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Mom's ham and barley soup takes several minutes to prepare.

Mom's ham and barley soup takes several minutes to cook.

Mom's ham and barley soup makes 14 servings.

The ingredients for Mom's ham and barley soup are:

1/2 cup dry lima, navy, or pinto beans*
1/2 large onion, diced
2 large cloves garlic, minced
2 medium carrots, chopped
2 ribs celery, chopped
1 large, meaty, ham shank 8-10 oz
1/4 cup chicken soup base
1/2 cup long cook pearl barley
12 cups hot water

Here is how you make Mom's ham and barley soup:

Sort and rinse dry beans. Boil and water for 3 minutes; let stand for 1 hour. Drain.* To save time, substitute one 15 oz can of beans, drained.In a stock pot, saute onion, celery, garlic, in about 2 tablespoons of water for 3-5 minutes.Add soup base, water, barley, beans, and ham shank. Cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours.Add carrots to soup and continue cooking, covered, for 30 minutes.Remove ham shank. When cool enough to handle, shred meat and stir into soup.Divide into (14-16) 1-cup containers.Just a note- for those of you who haven't cooked with barley. Be sure you get long cook, not quick cook. Also, 1/2 cup of dry pearl barley puffs up quite a bit. Make this recipe as is one time before you make any changes. Number of Servings: 14Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RZIMMERLI.

The nutritional information for Mom's ham and barley soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 14
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 88.5

• Total Fat: 3.2 g
• Cholesterol: 7.1 mg
• Sodium: 444.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 10.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.8 g
• Protein: 4.0 g