Ham-and-Bean Soup

Ingredients

• 64 ounce chicken broth 
• 3 cups ham cooked chopped
• 30 servings cornbread croutons 
• 16 ounce cannellini beans dried
• 2  garlic cloves minced
• 1  ham bone 
• 2 tablespoons olive oil 
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper dried red crushed
• 1 large onion diced sweet

Equipment

• dutch oven

Directions

1. Sort and wash beans.
2. Place beans in a 6-quart Dutch oven; add water 2 inches above beans, and soak 8 hours.
3. Drain.
4. Saut ham, onion, and garlic in hot oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until onion is tender.
5. Add beans, ham bone, chicken broth, and red pepper. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 1 1/2 hours or until beans are tender and soup has thickened.
6. Serve with Cornbread Croutons.